Life at home

Now we’re home we’ve really been able to appreciate our little treasures so much better. Matthew seems much less grizzly – I’m sure the temperature a couple of days ago was making him uncomfortable. He slept in his own Moses basket last night and we had a good night’s regular feeding and nappy changing. Both twins are feeding really well now and we have no fears over Matthew’s early weight loss. Our midwife dropped by again today to give Chris a chat and Matthew a quick check over.


The rest of the day was given over to Chris relaxing as much as possible and slipping into the routines at home. I popped into Mothercare for the umpteenth time and Chris caught up on some tv. A spell in the garden to bathe the babies in jaundice-busting bright light really helped distance the days before.


The cats really haven’t adjusted to the babies yet. Both have stared intently at them, but then beaten a hasty retreat to the conservatory.


Two things about Sophie. She lost her cord stump today. Small thing, perhaps, but when you spend so much time studying the babies, quite momentous. Secondly, she’s slowly losing the hair on her back – she was born much furrier than Matthew. Somebody described a newborn baby as a peeled monkey. Sophie was only half peeled.