First bath

Yesterday (yes, I am not as good anymore about keeping up with the days ... welcome to life with a baby), Andrin got his first bath. We took our time and were surprised how smoothly it went. There was only one surprise: Andrin decided to pee on his father again while he was giving him a bath. Andrin did not really like the bath, but it was not too bad!

Update on our roof

Well, my great plan to "use" my belly did not work, but we took our precious little boy on Wednesday to our landlord's office. Of course I would like to believe that this made the big difference (I think that this what we could call the mothering hormones ...) But let me tell you about our experience. We walk into the office and we can see a woman working on her desk. Since she did not respond, I ring the bell. Nothing .... I look at Clemens and ask him if I should ring the (Maybe we needed a screaming newborn baby at this moment, but Andrin usually saves all these cries for keeping us up at night between 1.00 and 3.00 am :) I am getting frustrated. I decide to overrule my husband and ring the bell. There is a voice from somewhere in the back asking if he can help us. I ask where the voice is coming from and we stand in the middle of the big boss' office. (I never met this guy before). We tell him that we have the rent for October. He asks if we need a receipt and we say "yes, please." He looks at our check again and notices the address and mentions our roof. We take the opportunity and tell him that we would like to talk with him about it. He shows us the letter that the one contractor wrote him. Clemens explains to him that he talked with this guy and that he clearly told him that he not dare get on top of the roof! The landlord informs us that he got approval from the owner and that he hopes that we will have a new roof in a month!! Of course, he also has to mention that the prices have been going up and up and up ... I could not help myself to point out to him that we have been telling them about the situation with the roof for over a year and that they could have fixed it back then :) Well ... part of me really wanted to ask him if we could have everything in writing ... But we will keep you posted!

Turning corners ...

Yesterday was a difficult day. Andrin has been able to nurse without the breast shield that they gave me while we were at the hospital because he had a hard time latching on. But then my milk came in and he was not able to latch on. I felt horrible, he was hungry, and our pediatrician worried us with her talk about not enough wet and soiled diapers, another weight check on Friday, ... After talking with a lactation consultant and our wonderful doula, Julie, I decided to take it easier and just focus on our beautiful baby boy! We all went to bed early and we had a good night. Since we have been awake this morning, Andrin has been nursing like never before, I feel like a person again and we will take it slow today. Today is a new day and we will see that it will bring for us!

p.s. Happy Anniversary, Clemens!

Outing with Andrin

Clemens, Andrin and I took a little stroll today to return our DVD that we watched the night before Andrin was born. Andrin loved to be carried in the sling. It felt great to be up and walking and to be outside. The weather was wonderful and we just enjoyed the beautiful fall impressions.
Andrin has been keeping us busy. He does not like to be put down at night and we are now in the routine of nursing him, then holding him until he is hungry again (which usually is not long because he takes such a long time to nurse to begin with).

Andrin is famous!

There is a web page from our hospital where you can get all the "important" information ... http://www.newbabynews.net/hospitals/sh7/public/showBaby.pl?babyID=h7-17184&r=0&st=

Homecoming

After spending the night in labor at the hospital and then last night on the Mommy and Baby unit, we decided that we would feel most comfortable at home. We arrived at home with our beautiful baby (it is OK if someone does not agree with us ...!) around noon today (Monday). We are settling in and enjoy being able to do whatever we feel like doing. Andrin has been nursing more often and is not as sleepy during the day an ymore. Clemens is doing a wonderful job swaddling him, changing him, holding him, and I sometimes have a hard time even getting to do something myself (well, besides nursing for obvious reasons!).

Thank you everyone for all the beautiful emails, phone calls, visits, and just all the outpour of support! We greatly appreciate it.

Andrin Erent Cabernard, DOB: 9/28/08, 4.26 am

What a surprise! We went into labor at 10.15 pm and thought that I was just experiencing Braxton Hick's contractions. When they were still going on at 1.00 am, we figured that there must be something going on. Our OB sent us to the hospital and we were convinced that we would be sent back home. 2 1/2 hours after admission, we were holding our baby boy in our arms. He is doing well and has been sleeping a lot. We are also doing well, even though we did not sleep too much.
But I know that you will not really pay any attention to my writing anyway and I will just post some pictures of our miracle ...