My first full day at home! I’m pleased to report that the night was quite peaceful, and apart from waking up twice to feed, we all slept through.

Jutta (the super midwife) came to check on us while I was having lunch, and gave Mum some tips on recovering after all her efforts over the last few days, weeks, and even months. Of course, after all that, she still has much to do these days, because I’m a very hungry little girl! Needless to say, I appreciate it immensely.

One of the hospital photos is now online; Mum and Dad have told their closest friends where they can see it. It seems to have made an impact on many of them, at least if the comments under the picture are anything to go by!

We relaxed on Mum and Dad’s bed in the evening, and Dad decided it was time to pIay his first-born some music. This meant I listened to my first ambient playlist. Avril 14th was my first Aphex Twin experience, followed by some more of these, as well as pieces by The Orb, The KLF and Plaid.

We also received a cool surprise in the post from Grandpa Hannes: a horoscope based on my exact day and time of birth. It seems I’ve got characteristics of both Mum and Dad, perhaps a little more of Mum’s than Dad’s, but we’ll see how that develops over time.

The only, and sadly somewhat large, downside to today was that some horrible neighbour of ours took down a message Dad had put on the wall of the hallway announcing my birth to the house. Mum and Dad were a bit upset about it: Mum because it was attached to the wall with a lovely card that had been made by her cousin, and Dad because he couldn’t understand why someone would think of doing something as nasty as that.

Tonight it took me an age to go to sleep: I had a stomach ache, and cried for a good while: the pain is something completely new for me, and it’ll certainly take me quite a while to adjust to this. I eventually went to sleep around half past one, but I did sleep the whole night through after that. I hope it improves soon, but something in the way Mum comforted me told me that this may not be short-term.