It is not the first time ever, and it certainly won’t be the last, but today (and part of yesterday actually) our son seems to either sleep in our arms, or cry. We are still trying to establish patterns, the baby is learning about the world, and so are we – learning about our new [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 29, 2007
The first entry of the new mother
It’s been 3 weeks since our little one was born. It sounds a long time already, but to us it feels just like yesterday. This feeling is due to the fact that out of those 21 days, 7 were spent at the hospital and the ‘true’ feeling of being a new family has only just begun once we [...]
August 23, 2007
About sausages
Come to think about nappies, do you know the greatest thing since sliced bread? According to a nappy refuse container maker that will not be named here (think about angel and caring), it is the “diaper disposal system”. We got one for free from the hospital, in exchange of our names, addresses, social security number [...]
August 23, 2007
Parenthood, an equal opportunity employer?
After about a million sleepless nights, walking through the flat with a little firespitting dragon in my arms, I wonder what exactly they mean with “the joy of being a parent”. That is, until our little dragon opens his mouth not to scream but to smile a toothless (and as of yet rather undirected) smile, or [...]
August 21, 2007
The joys of being a father
I guess those of you who have children will tell me that they went through the same thing, and that in hindsight it is not that bad, but when a baby cries, it does not only break your heart but sometimes want to do anything to make it stop. The other night our little one [...]
August 3, 2007
A quick hello!
Months have passed since the last time this blog was updated. Sincerely apologies to all our friends out there who think we start forgetting them by not writing nor updating our exciting life here in the capital. A lot has happened which, has resulted this blog to be one of the end ‘victims’. But we [...]
