New arrival!

[Andrew_Culture]

New bike now needed:

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This could be handy after sleepless nights:

 

[MattHB]

Everyone's home safe and sound happy days. Thanks for all your comments everyone we know has been so nice it's incredible.

 

[skudupnorth]

Abd who said cycling can damage your chances of having children ??? Congratulations to you both

 

[MattHB]

Eyes open this time. Taken on my big camera not the phone!

 

[BrumJim]

Congratulations!
We are 6 weeks ahead of you.

From memory - first two weeks are great - you are running on adrenaline.
Weeks 3 and 4 are tough, as the tiredness starts to take over.
After that, it gets better as you start to get more sleep.

Awaiting our first proper smile. We've had a few attempts, and one or two possibles so far.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Many congratulations to you both.

 

[MattHB]

Congratulations!
We are 6 weeks ahead of you.

From memory - first two weeks are great - you are running on adrenaline.
Weeks 3 and 4 are tough, as the tiredness starts to take over.
After that, it gets better as you start to get more sleep.

Awaiting our first proper smile. We've had a few attempts, and one or two possibles so far.

I'm not sure I'm emotionally ready to deal with a proper smile!

OH and I are a good team, we're going to do shifts, ill do upto midnight, she'll do after midnight so I can sleep and be ok for work. So hopefully the sleep depreation shouldn't be too bad.

 

[BrumJim]

Sleep deprivation comes from 2-hourly feeds. Wife can't drop off with the same immediacy that I can muster, hence was seriously short of sleep for a while.

 

[MattHB]

Sleep deprivation comes from 2-hourly feeds. Wife can't drop off with the same immediacy that I can muster, hence was seriously short of sleep for a while.

She's feeding every 4 at the moment, but I'm sure that'll increase as she has growth spurts. She's such a contented baby so far it's amazing. She's only cried once since she was born 3 days ago!

 

[skudupnorth]

Its an amazing thing bringing a child into the world......scary as crap,but good ! After the forth one it gets easy

 

[Arjimlad]

Lovely pictures - congratulations !

 

[Sandra6]

Congratulations to you and your good lady.
Baby Jessica is gorgeous.

 

[MattHB]

Cheers all we had a good first night at home. She was a bit grumbly until about midnight, then settled with one feed at 5

 

[ianrauk]

Cheers all we had a good first night at home. She was a bit grumbly until about midnight, then settled with one feed at 5

Nice one
I bet you been sniffing her baby smell that all newborns have. Can't describe the smell but it's soooo comforting.

 

[MattHB]

Nice one
I bet you been sniffing her baby smell that all newborns have. Can't describe the smell but it's soooo comforting.

I was saying to OH last night that when I'm holding her, or feeding her, I feel more relaxed than I've ever felt. It's quite intoxicating! It must be a very primal mechanism, maybe so we learned to comfort our young.