Already 1 week old... time flies... well to celebrate, Pachou came specially to London from Paris for the day to see his grand son!.
06 November 2008
04 November 2008
Day 6 - Going home!
Day 6... Almost a week old!
Theo is discharged from the hospital. Things got faster and so the nurses told us that if Georgia was feeling ok, Theo could be brought home today. So we decided we would go!
Daddy took a 'petite' snooze with Theo while waiting for the paper work to be completed... Resemblance?
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Theo is discharged from the hospital. Things got faster and so the nurses told us that if Georgia was feeling ok, Theo could be brought home today. So we decided we would go!
Daddy took a 'petite' snooze with Theo while waiting for the paper work to be completed... Resemblance?
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03 November 2008
Day 5 - Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
Day 5 was fantastic because they started telling us about when Theo might come out. The timeline was based on his ability to feed at least every 4 hours.
Looking at the progress he was making, we started planning for him to come out Wednesday for his first week birthday!
Georgia is becoming more expert at breastfeeding. Theo and her seemed to have done it all their life. We heard stories where it takes days to weeks to adjust but with Theo, this is pretty much established practice after day 1!
I came home early on Monday after saying hi to Theo because we had the carpet getting installed in our new loft. It was supposed to be done the day Theo was born!.
As one of my friends rightfully said, when you are in your beyond your twenties, there aren't so many first times. Maybe once a week if you are lucky, once a month otherwise...
But with a baby, you reenter the world of "first times" many times a day. This is so magic.
So for Day 5, my first times were:
-first time I left Theo and wasn't going to see him for an entire day
-first time he grinned to me
Monday, I spent the day catching up with things at home and started getting ready for my investor meeting the next morning. The team had done a fantastic job of preparing the content and so I just had to finalize it.
Around noon, flowers were delivered from my previous company, Tideway. Thanks a lot, they look amazing and made Georgia feel very welcomed when she came home.
By 7pm I wend back to the hospital to see Theo for the evening and came home around midnight...
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Looking at the progress he was making, we started planning for him to come out Wednesday for his first week birthday!
Georgia is becoming more expert at breastfeeding. Theo and her seemed to have done it all their life. We heard stories where it takes days to weeks to adjust but with Theo, this is pretty much established practice after day 1!
I came home early on Monday after saying hi to Theo because we had the carpet getting installed in our new loft. It was supposed to be done the day Theo was born!.
As one of my friends rightfully said, when you are in your beyond your twenties, there aren't so many first times. Maybe once a week if you are lucky, once a month otherwise...
But with a baby, you reenter the world of "first times" many times a day. This is so magic.
So for Day 5, my first times were:
-first time I left Theo and wasn't going to see him for an entire day
-first time he grinned to me
Monday, I spent the day catching up with things at home and started getting ready for my investor meeting the next morning. The team had done a fantastic job of preparing the content and so I just had to finalize it.
Around noon, flowers were delivered from my previous company, Tideway. Thanks a lot, they look amazing and made Georgia feel very welcomed when she came home.
By 7pm I wend back to the hospital to see Theo for the evening and came home around midnight...
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02 November 2008
Day 4 - Learning to know Theo
On day 4, we started to learn our parenting skills... changing nappies, breastfeeding, cleaning, etc...
Day 4 is also when the haematoma disappeared. So amazing how quickly he recovered from something that would have taken weeks to resorb in an adult!
Day 4 was also the last night I spend camping in Georgia's room in the hospital. By the evening I started thinking again about life outside, the startup I've just joined, and the investor meeting we had schedule for Tuesday to raise money for the company.
Good night Theo.
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Day 4 is also when the haematoma disappeared. So amazing how quickly he recovered from something that would have taken weeks to resorb in an adult!
Day 4 was also the last night I spend camping in Georgia's room in the hospital. By the evening I started thinking again about life outside, the startup I've just joined, and the investor meeting we had schedule for Tuesday to raise money for the company.
Good night Theo.
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01 November 2008
Day 3 - Out of the aquarium
Day 3 was magic.
When I went to the 4th floor to see Theo in the morning, I discovered they moved him out of the incubator and into a normal cot! Finally we could start hugging him...
His auntie Quitterie came with his grand mother Manou. Very special moments.
Pics are worth a thousand words...
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When I went to the 4th floor to see Theo in the morning, I discovered they moved him out of the incubator and into a normal cot! Finally we could start hugging him...
His auntie Quitterie came with his grand mother Manou. Very special moments.
Pics are worth a thousand words...
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31 October 2008
Day 2 - fishbowl diaries
Day 2 started like Day 1... Except that today the nurses tried to feed him more regularly and setup a tube through his nose to his stomach to delivery the previous milk directly where needed with the minimum effort from Theo so that all of his energy can be spent to heal.
By noon, we enjoyed Theo in the fishbowl for the rest of the day...
We got a few visitors, Dan and Eleanor with their gorgeous new born Luca, who will very surely become Theo's friend very soon.
My sister in law also came by with an state of the art camping mattress so that I can stay overnight more comfortably... Rachael, you're the best!
While I was home again, Georgia happened to be with Theo when his nappies were being changed. As he got cleaned, the little monkey decided it was time to wee and sprinkled the whole incubator. So the midwife had to take him out and gave him to Georgia who got to hold him for the first time after birth... I missed this moment, I was so dead jealous of her!
We finished the day with Theo, until midnight, enjoying every eyelid flutter or shake in his tiny hands... from the other side of the bowl...
During the time in the new born unit, name the Fred Still unit, we also learned about who fortunate we are. Around Theo are premature babys, as early as 24 weeks (that's 16 weeks before term... less than a kilo... Theo was 3.4kgs at birth). Their parents have to wait several months before seeing their baby home. Premature babies also usually suffer from various problems due to the fact that their organs aren't properly formed.
So having Theo at term and knowing that he is relatively healthy, only with a facture is such a blessing.
It is also a blessing to have known all the fantastic doctors, nurses and midwife. They are truly inspiring people.
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By noon, we enjoyed Theo in the fishbowl for the rest of the day...
We got a few visitors, Dan and Eleanor with their gorgeous new born Luca, who will very surely become Theo's friend very soon.
My sister in law also came by with an state of the art camping mattress so that I can stay overnight more comfortably... Rachael, you're the best!
While I was home again, Georgia happened to be with Theo when his nappies were being changed. As he got cleaned, the little monkey decided it was time to wee and sprinkled the whole incubator. So the midwife had to take him out and gave him to Georgia who got to hold him for the first time after birth... I missed this moment, I was so dead jealous of her!
We finished the day with Theo, until midnight, enjoying every eyelid flutter or shake in his tiny hands... from the other side of the bowl...
During the time in the new born unit, name the Fred Still unit, we also learned about who fortunate we are. Around Theo are premature babys, as early as 24 weeks (that's 16 weeks before term... less than a kilo... Theo was 3.4kgs at birth). Their parents have to wait several months before seeing their baby home. Premature babies also usually suffer from various problems due to the fact that their organs aren't properly formed.
So having Theo at term and knowing that he is relatively healthy, only with a facture is such a blessing.
It is also a blessing to have known all the fantastic doctors, nurses and midwife. They are truly inspiring people.
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30 October 2008
Day 1 - Life in the fishbowl
On day 1, we discovered Theo in the High Dependency Unit inside the incubator.
This was heart breaking but also we felt he was so closely monitored that this was very conforting at the same time.
The people taking care of him were simply amazing. We were so lucky to be so close to The Fred Still Unit so that Theo could be taken care of the best way possible.
This was heart breaking but also we felt he was so closely monitored that this was very conforting at the same time.
The people taking care of him were simply amazing. We were so lucky to be so close to The Fred Still Unit so that Theo could be taken care of the best way possible.
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