It's a boy!

I cannot believe that it has been 6 months since I last posted - well I can :) So much has happened. We now have a beautiful baby boy added to our family on 23 November. It was a good labour, although longer than I had anticipated as my waters did not break until he was born and so it took longer. He was 9 pound 2 - my largest ever baby. We (Hubby and I) went into the hospital at 12:00pm. We had put the girls to bed and my Mother-in-law came around and slept here. He was born at 4:45am. I had only my husband for support and the midwife I had seen through the whole pregnancy and a student midwife there. I was able to leave the hospital 3 hours later and we were home by 8:30. Just as I had wanted. The girls were just getting up and beginning breakfast so were able to cuddle their new baby brother before leaving to spent the week with Grandma.

Photo of us leaving the hospital to go home - 3 hours old.

It was a great first day. Instead of being stuck in an uncomfortable hospital bed I was able to curl up in front of the fire and relax. Feed as needed and sleep as needed. This is the first time I have done this. With babies 1-3 I did the normal 3 days in hospital, with baby 4 I had a midwife right through but stayed one night in hospital but this time I was determined to go home straight away. Hubby did not want a home birth so this was the next best option and it was great!

What also made the whole thing so relaxed was Mum-in-law taking the other children for a week and Mike home to do all the cooking for me. I was able to just relax and get to know the new addition to the family :)

He had been a fantastic baby. Yes he has his patches of screaming and we have just gone through the 6 week growth spurt and the 2 hour feeds all day, he has a bit of reflux but he sleeps all night - well somewhere between 5-7 hours most nights, so far! I followed the baby wise principles and he feeds somewhere between 2 1/2 -3 hourly during the day and as long as possible at night. (Yes I do wake him during the day if he looks like sleeping longer).

The uncertainty of what is happening is over. Baby is here and we are moving. Half the house is packed I am decluttering as I go, we are going to join Hubby for 6-9months. We have been lucky enough to be able to rent a house for this time - not as large as we have here. We are going from 5 bedrooms to a 3 bedroom house but we are leaving a lot (most) of our stuff in storage here. I am looking forward to a minimal decorating style! We can't wait to be back together as a family but will miss the week off every 3 as Mike goes to a full time week when we move.

Me and My little Man 2 weeks old.