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First Week

By phroghollow, April 10, 2011 10:19 am

Saturday 2nd April :

I arrived at the Hospital around 7:30am, I couldn`t stay at the hospital so got back ASAP in the morning to my girl and my boy. Adele had been denied her favourite dessert of Soft-Serve Ice-Cream for 8 months due to the possibility of getting Listeria from a contaminated Soft-Serve machine. So I stopped at Mcdonalds at 7am in Woden and proceeded to get her the largest McFlurry I could(1 Large Soft Drink cup full with M&Ms), I took the boy whilst she got into Breakfast :

He had his hearing test done, which he passed with flying colours.

Aunty Kirsty arrived into Canberra on the 5pm flight from Brisbane on Virgin Blue and Poppy Alan picked her up from the Airport and bought her to the Hospital to meet Freddie. Poppy Paul and Granny(Ha)Nanny Rob had arrived after Paul had picked Ellie up from our place to stay with them for a while and Robyn had run the Queanbeyan Nursing home Fete all day, they were already cuddling the precious little dude. He wouldn`t settle so after a quick run down from the Midwife we proceeded to give him a bath, which he really didn`t enjoy, this is one baby that does NOT enjoy being Nude :

He settled down after dressing at that stage. After I left for the night, Adele told me a nurse microwaved a nappy for 30 seconds and wrapped it round his middle, after that he did his 2nd Poo(Yaaay).

Sunday 3rd April :

As Daylight savings had ended at 3am, I ended up back at the hospital at 6:30am, I had been to Weston McDonalds for a Bacon McMuffin and Hashbrowns for Adele as the Woden store doesn`t open till 7. I found Frederick in bed with his mum and took him for a cuddle whilst Adele ate her breakfast. I held him for 2.5 hours whilst Adele got some well needed rest. He slept most of the day and only woke to feed or be changed. When I left the hospital I found a present attached to the car :

As I had no solid evidence I felt it wasn`t my place to accuse my family till…..:

Mystery Solved.

Monday 4th April :

We were told we could bring our boy home today. We waited all morning for the final tests to be done, we had 2 nurses do a physical on him (No clicky hips, Perfect Corneas apparently!!) He had his heel prick test, Professional Photographs(See Here and enter code : 4BPDYDS), Physio visited Adele, Pastoral Care lady visited and finally the Dr advised about Adele`s Blood Pressure and signed off on us going. Midwife did allow me to take a poo chart home :

Once we were signed off we dropped past the Canberra Hospital Florist : Pink Hibiscus Florist to see Bev(a friend of ours who I met whilst working at David Jones in Woden and did the flowers for our wedding), then we were outta there :

We got him into his car seat (after some dramas re-adjusting the seatbelt – Pro-Tip : practise this before you have the baby ready to go home) and headed home:

We stopped briefly at Baby Bunting for supplies and arrived home around 2pm. Al and Kirsty had headed off to allow us a quiet return.

Tuesday 5th April :

Freddie slept fairly well his first night home. In the morning I had to pick Ellie up from her Beauty Spa(Dog Groomer) and drop her back to Robyn and Pauls place. When I arrived home he was in his bouncer and was apparently getting a good look at the funky pattern on the bouncer :

The Midwife gave us our first home visit at around 2:30pm, all seemed good. Danny And Jess arrived in the afternoon for a visit with their boy Ross who is only 4 weeks older than Freddie :

Also Freddie tried on his cool Sunnies :

Just Like Dad

Wednesday 6th April :

Midwife came over at about 10:30am. As we then had the day clear and Clare My Sister had found out she was having a girl – Due August we decided to head out for a spot of shopping and also to take back the Baby Bath which we had used in the morning and proceeded to leak all over the kitchen bench and floor. We stopped off at Baby Bunting and then off to Trade Secret where we got some cute girly outfits (oh alright we also got some Ugg Boots for Fredde and Danielle{I reckon thats what she`ll be called}). Then into Civic to meet Al and Kirsty, we had lunch and then shopped in Myer and found some books for Freddie. Then we came home and made dinner cause Robyn and Paul were coming over, we had Roast Lamb with Cheese crusted potatoes and Veggies and for dessert we had Chocolate Hot Cross Bun and Butter Pudding. Ellie came home, met Freddie, who wasn’t fussed, Ellie was interested in the new addition but was kept away.

Thursday 7th April :

Poppy Alan left to go attend to Amy and Cyclone Tones` upcoming Nuptials(Yes my youngest sister is getting married, Tyrone is depressed{In-Joke}), I dropped him off to the airport just after 8am and came home. Mick and Maureen Halls(Friends of Adele`s Parents) came to visit, had a lovely coffee with Hot Cross Buns with them, they stayed for a short visit and left cause the Midwife was due to show up. Midwife arrived around 12pm and weighed Frederick : 3.9Kg he lost weight but this is definitely expected and all completely normal, he is eating and pooing normally and we`re booked in for an appointement with the Obstetrician Dr Davis on the 18th for both mum & bub but we’re technically in the care of the community nurse who has a clinic at Karabar. Kirsty let Ellie in for a play around midday so I let Ellie get a little closer look :

Sheis very gentle, mainly interested in smelling him at this stage. I also got to go for my first exercise in a week, a jog around the block : http://bit.ly/fbkpvb. Frederick`s Belly button cord, is now pretty much fallen out completely(Adele has saved it {EWWWWW}), it`s an Innie :

Friday 8th April :

Lazy Morning, went for another Jog, Freddie was a little unsettled last night. We`re all excited for Kim and Beth(My Brother and Sister in-law) who are arriving from Lennox Head(By way of Sydney). They arrived and we had a lovely lunch which was supplied mostly from Karabar Bakery(Try the Quiches they`re DELICIOUS). at 2:34pm (I know we were late due to Daylight Savings). We had a cake for Freddie`s 1 week birthday :

Adele went for a snooze and for Kirsty`s last night in Canberra we had Kinglsey`s for Dinner(Those of you not from Canberra, this is Highly recommended).

Well that`s our first week with Frederick Reid Tyson. I`ll do another one next Friday for Week 2 but we`re hoping this week will be a little quieter, we love having visitors but only if they`re short at this stage, Adele and I are both pretty tired. Bye.