The first 24 hours at the apartment were....a nightmare. He was upset and unsettled. We stayed up holding him in shifts all night as he would cry when put down.
Then something switched in Adi's head.
He decided actually he might quite like us.
And he slept.
So he has been sleeping a lot since, admittedly mostly in the day and he's awake sometimes at night, but we can't expect Rome to be built in a day.
He's amazing and we are so happy.
Tips we have learnt on entering parenthood
When making formula - put water in bottle first and then powder, as otherwise the powder displaces the water and you end up without enough water in the bottle....
If you have huge problems with wind, you can burp your baby halfway through feed and after feed, and you can use slightly warmed up water for formula.
Babies cry for anywhere upto 2 hours a day without Colic and upto 6 hours with colic, don't get too wound up when your baby cries or it winds baby up too.
Don't be too quick to give a pacifier, as its hard to stay awake at night putting it back in baby's mouth every ten minutes when they push it out and then start crying. But use it when crying persists.
Don't be alarmed when baby's poo turns colour - we've been through brown, cream, green and its like pesto consistency, apparently this is all normal for formula fed babies.
Music is a god-send, bring over cd's with baby lullabies, soft songs you like to listen to as parents and some more upbeat stuff for when baby is wide awake. It cheers you up, and relaxes both you and your baby.
My advice is stay near a green space as its amazing to be able to go out with baby in the early days to a park and just sit there for ten minutes rather than stay in all day. Also get an apartment with a balcony which isn't onto a main road/out the back and front. We love sitting out for a bit each day with and without Adi.
If you have huge problems with wind, you can burp your baby halfway through feed and after feed, and you can use slightly warmed up water for formula.
Babies cry for anywhere upto 2 hours a day without Colic and upto 6 hours with colic, don't get too wound up when your baby cries or it winds baby up too.
Don't be too quick to give a pacifier, as its hard to stay awake at night putting it back in baby's mouth every ten minutes when they push it out and then start crying. But use it when crying persists.
Don't be alarmed when baby's poo turns colour - we've been through brown, cream, green and its like pesto consistency, apparently this is all normal for formula fed babies.
Music is a god-send, bring over cd's with baby lullabies, soft songs you like to listen to as parents and some more upbeat stuff for when baby is wide awake. It cheers you up, and relaxes both you and your baby.
My advice is stay near a green space as its amazing to be able to go out with baby in the early days to a park and just sit there for ten minutes rather than stay in all day. Also get an apartment with a balcony which isn't onto a main road/out the back and front. We love sitting out for a bit each day with and without Adi.
He's doing so well and we are still over the moon.
Legal stuff
We are starting the application for citizenship with Poonam tomorrow. It will be great to get the application in and then sit back and wait for that to come through.....in some weeks time.
That's all for now.
Love to you all.
Anna x
