mesmerised...

Finally went to back to work today, and got down to settling some admin stuff following the birth of Emma, before coming back home in the afternoon. I've arranged for my 3 days of paternity leave to be spread out over this week, so that I won't miss out too much in camp, at the same time be around at home to help in whatever ways I can.

Thank God for our confinement lady. She's a great help in the home, cooking for us, preparing the stuff for Ade, keeping watch on Emma, cleaning Emma, feeding Emma water or glucose water from a small cup, "sun-tanning" Emma, cleaning Emma. She's a great help as both Ade and I find our footing at home with Emma around. At the same time, we're really learning lots from her in how to handle a real baby Emma. She's a great value-add to the things we've learnt during our ante-natal classes at TMC.

I finally managed to sooth Emma to sleep this evening after one of her feeds. She was her usual cranky mood, waaaa-ing intermittently loudly, almost falling asleep, yet awake the next moment. So I laid her again on her left side on her cot and patted her, praying at the same time for her to sleep. But alas, to no avail... sigh... so I finally relented and carried her in my arms and cradled her in my arms as I sat in the chair in her room. Lo and behold, she actually dozed off within 15seconds or so! She simply laid her head back, and slumped in my arms, eyes closed and drifted to lala-land. That was a first for me! The sight was so mesmerising. For the next 30min or so, I carried her as she slept, moved to the living room, laid her on her playpen, and she continued her blissful sleep... so sweet... well, that was another moment for me to savour... she woke up 2 hours later and waaa-ed, telling us she wants to be fed... =)

Ade fed Emma, and as usual, she would drift in and out of sleep... and then really fall asleep on our bed..... here're some snaps of Emma enjoying our KingKoil mattress.. hahaha

[ snoozing away... ]

[ this is really the "recovery position" that I used to learn during my life-saving courses.. seems like it's natural to babies ]

[ look at her squashed up lips.. hahaha... ]

[ ok.. position.. change! flat on her back, almost looks like she's dreaming of sky-diving.. hmmmm... ]

[ here's a side shot of Emma blissfully asleep in her "inverted sky-diving" position ]

well.. now I'm sleepy.. another day has gone by in a flash.... looks like it's true when pple say kids grow up really fast.. it's only 4 days, and I'm feeling it already!

now, it's time to tend to mommy Ade.. =)