Rowan and Jacob are back from the hospital now, which is great. It was
very odd having to go in and visit them every day.
I have experienced my first baby-induced sleepless night. I expect to
have many of these. Rowan is taking the late shift from midnight to 5am,
and then I’m getting up and taking him downstairs so she can get some
sleep.
He’s feeding better (early babies don’t feed too well, and you have to
really persuade them). He’s even started crying for his bottle, which is
very good. Of course, now he’s got all sorts of reasons to cry: hungry,
too cold, too hot, wet, covered in poo, want a cuddle, want a burp, and I’m
sure there’s more. We’re in the process of distinguishing one from the
other, so we don’t have to try everything every time.
The “I’m covered in poo” cry is quite distinctive, I think because it
gets even worse when you pick him up. We have to change him ASAP, since
the cleaning is easier. Amazing how many nappies they go through - he’s
doing 10 or 15 a day.
The cats have been fascinated. Lots of coming up and sniffing. They’ve
not been able to work out his place in their world-view yet. Initially
they were wondering if he was prey, but they’ve decided against that. I
think they know he’s not competition (he doesn’t eat cat food or bask on
the shed), so I expect they to decide to ignore him soon. We’ve got a cat
net for the crib, in case they decide he is a special moggie
hot-water-bottle.
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