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Wow, I wish I had the time on my hands to write all about the first two weeks with Kaitlyn Mae, however there has been so little chance to spend time on anything other than feeding, changing and cleaning I simply can’t do this entry justice. So hopefully you will be content with some photos of the little one, (who seems to be changing daily) until I can summon up the energy to put together a complete entry.

This pic was taken by Ash in the hospital – he is such a lovely photographer, I need to encourage him to do it more often – this would rival any professional shot.



This was Kaitlyn’s going home outfit – well sort of. Ash wanted her to go home in her Eels jersey, however she is still in 0000s, so a size 0 was always going to be a pipedream.

Ash’s favourite job since arriving home has been his nightly bath with Kaitlyn. And let me tell you, she is quite the lady when being bathed, relaxing with the bubbles and allowing her Dad to do all the work.

Kaitlyn is struggling to get back to her birth weight at the moment, so we are on a three hourly feeding rotation, of which we have to wake her up for every feed (she is also quite sleepy). The waking up pattern is very cute however, with lot’s stretching and yawning.

As you can imagine she is not too impressed with the whole being woken up thing, and so it then takes a considerable effort to settle her down after a feed – here’s a shot of Dad struggling with the sleep deprivation.

I thought I would be a little clever, and get Ash to take a photo of me on the first day home – that way you will think I am coping REALLY well. If only you could see me and the bags under my eyes now!

If they gave away prizes for best sucking action, Kaitlyn would certainly hold her own. Here’s a shot of Dad demonstrating just how blasé she is about what she sucks on.

Life has been made so much easier with all the support I have received from Mum. She has been around to the house each day, to help out with everything - cooking, cleaning, feeding, changing, settling, the LOT! The strange and scary fact is that Kaitlyn has managed to save each of her very significant poos for when Mum has been around. So while I am still grossed out by them, Mum gets right in there and does the change.

Ok, that’s about it for me – off to get ready for another round of feeding. I hope to have some more time in the next fortnight to update you all with more photos.

Otherwise, thank you to everyone for their well wishes, cards, gifts and encouragement. This is certainly the hardest thing we have ever done, so when we emerge on the other side, I will touch base with everyone to say a proper thank you (however belated it may be). Thanks again, to all our wonderful family and friends, you are very much loved and appreciated.