101207 - UK

Mary Ann has gained 25g more then she had to. She’s now up to 2200g. I measured her head today. It is 32cm and she is now 44cm long. She was 37cm at birth. We continue to try bottle feeding her. I guess the hospital must feel it’s normal to take this long because they stick to the plan with us coming and sleep at the hospital on Monday. The nurse thought we had to stay there to round Thursday. A least we will have the weekend before Christmas home alone with her before Cecilie comes on the 25th. Cecilie has to celebrate the Christmas at her mom’s house. That gives us a quiet Christmas where we hope Mary Ann quickly will settle. In the same time Cecilie has a normal Christmas as before Mary Ann.
She had her hearing test today which also was normal. We just need a vitamin schedule hand over. And they promised me I could borrow a crib home with me. Theirs is very functional with up and down buttons.
Neil and I have bought different shelves to organize all our things. So now we got a lot more space for Mary Ann’s stuff. We have also made the living room more childproof. I went to the hospital on my own and I will do the same tomorrow. At least Thursday Neil will be there on his own since I go to my family doctor for a check-up (from the neck up, Neil would say here). It is just this standard one 8 weeks after you have given birth. I will also go on some shopping. I hope to find some cloths for Mary Ann which is small enough. I will have a friend on visit at the hospital tomorrow. She will bring Mary Ann some small clothes from her boys. I think I will buy just a little since I hope she soon fits clothes we have from some other friends. Now it’s a good thing I’m not a shop-o-holic like a lot of other women are. As I have mentioned before, into the bargain I’m into that entire baby thing so I expect the cost to be low (being a true Scotch, Neil would have said). You should think I miss Neil since I mention him all the time here. Hem, we just had one day apart here. That’s a rare thing. I think it’s good to have more days apart here in this week. Not because we need it, but just because we can. From Monday we will be in each others throats (again Neil expression) for a looong time. Well onto round March/April when I start work again. It feels as long time now. But I’m sure when I come to the date for starting working again it feels like yesterday we brought Mary Ann home.