If you asked me five years ago what it is like to have a baby in the house, I would have said that it very exhausting, a big shock, frustrating, etc. And it would all be an understatement. I would also admit that it was worth it, that I never smiled as much in my life. Every movement, sigh or burp coming from such a small miracle made me smile.
My first daughter was what you would call a very fussy baby, high-need baby or spirited baby. No matter how you want to turn the words, she cried day and night and slept only 15 - 45 minutes at a time. Did I say cry? I mean screamed. Five houses down the road people would complain about sleepless nights. It took me five years to get over that. My second daughter, however, is a true sleepy head. She does not cry, but groans with every movement because all she wants to do is sleep.
If you ask me now what it is like to have a baby in the house, I can almost say it is a quiet, beautiful time. Surely it is still tiring, because even though she wakes up only once in the night, I sit awake waiting for her to wake up. But there was no shock, no frustration and apart from a few unfortunate things happening in the past weeks, we are quite fine here.
Unfortunate things? I recovered a little slower than last time, because apparently the doctor has been cleaning up inside me and not only took out a baby from my belly, but also my appendix and a few moles from embarrassing places. At least, that is what he told me. I do hope that my kidneys are both still in there… The other thing is that despite a scheduled C-section my mother could not come over to help me out because my sister-in-law gave birth to a little girl three days earlier and needed help too. And when my mum finally arrived a week after my girl was born, it was only a few hours later that she received a call that her mother had died and she had to turn around and fly the 12 hours back… The last thing is that my dad stayed here and decided to fix the roof of the house and put new tiles in the kitchen, and besides sleepless nights it is kind of hard to close my eyes for a bit in the daytime for all the drilling and hammering and sawing.
The few unfortunate things aside, we are living a happy time with our family. I am amazed by the amount of reactions of friends and family alike, the postcards and presents I received, and messages and emails that I have to answer. After being away from home for nearly a decade, no has forgotten me yet. Add to that the new friends that I have made offline and online.
I would like to give an honorable mention to Chris from ForBabyGifts.com. I impressed him by scheduling a C-section on Friday the 13th and he came over read my blog and blogged about it on his blog again. On the famous Friday he sent me one of the gifts from his website; a beautiful teddy bear baby blanket. I have tried to take a picture of it, because I said that the picture on the website does not do the teddy bear justice, but with my camera it is impossible to do a better job (why do you think I normally never post pictures?) I really love it! And I think Qaylah does too, because she does sleep very well with it. Thank you, ForBabyGifts.com!
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