Being Momma G: Day 7

See Sean eat.
See Sean sleep.
See Sean kick.
See Sean wriggle.
See Sean cry.
See Sean look straight into your eyes and turn you into a great big puddle of mush.
Rinse and repeat, all day long.

Add to the above:
See Mummy being "milked" every 3 hours.
See Mummy keep meticulous records of milk production.

Day 2 at home. We're settling in. Sort of.

Penny alerted us to the story that was run by the North Shore Times, for which we had our photos taken a couple of days ago. The photos turned out really well, but alas, the idiot who wrote the story screwed up Jonathan's name. Somehow, in all the printed versions of the paper, Sean was born to Gloria and Anthony!!! This is despite the fact that we spelled Jonathan's name to the reporter, twice to make sure she had the correct spelling. Twat.

A scathing email was dispatched to the editor, and I received an email from the reporter, stating more or less that she was "busy and mistakes happen - whoopsies, we got your husband's name wrong - what do you want me to do about it". The editor eventually got back to me, offering to reprint a few copies of the paper for us to keep as well as offering to give us the high resolution photos from the day for our personal use, to make up for the fact that they got Jonathan's name so wrong. As there really wasn't anything anyone could do about it, I accepted her offer, as well as demanded that the online version be altered so that Jonathan's name appeared as Sean's father.

The online article (post correction) appears below.

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BUNDLES OF JOY MAKE HAPPIEST NEW YEAR OF THEM ALL

6 JAN 11 @ 01:14PM | North Shore Times

Six sets of parents welcomed the new decade in the best possible way - with a bouncing bundle of joy.

Two girls and four boys made their entry into the world on New Year's Day 2011 at North Shore Private Hospital. The first baby born in the new year at the St Leonards hospital was Dilan, to his proud parents Denisha and Colin Anbu.

He made his appearance at 1.35am after a natural birth, weighing 3.42kg and measuring 52.5cm.

Dilan’s elder brother, Caden, 2, was born on Mother’s Day.

"There’s something about having our boys on special dates," Mrs Anbu, 31, of Epping, said.

"We joked about having him on New Year's Day and then it happened after I went into labour at 9.30pm on New Year's Eve."

Her husband Colin, 38, joked: "Now we have to have a girl so I’m already planning."

But Mrs Anbu said she wasn't so sure now that she had two sons to juggle. "It's a great start to the new year, but we'll just have to wait and see," she said.

The hospital's maternity manager, Nicki Bergin, said it was lovely to spend such a special time with new families.

Ms Bergin said the hospital welcomed about 2600 babies a year, averaging one to 18 every day.

"To have six New Year babies is about normal," she said.

"It's such a beautiful unit to work in."

The smallest baby born on the day was little Bridie at 2.84kg to parents Jodie and Mark Gordon, of Gladesville.

She wasn't due until January 16, but arrived early due to her breach position.

"She just wouldn't wait," Mrs Gordon, 29, said. "And she was born in the 11 hour on the 1/1/2011 at 11.33pm.

"She's our first baby so at least I'll always remember her birthday."

Mr Gordon, 31, who works for the navy is working onshore this year. "I’m trying not to go away as much so I can spend time with Bridie," he said.

Other babies born at North Shore Private were Adlan Sigit to parents Eridani Saleh and Bimo Sigit, Riley Quin to parents Amber and Anthony, Quinn Brown to parents Georgiana and Andy, and Sean Hill to parents Gloria and Jonathan.

Royal North Shore Hospital welcomed four New Year babies, the first baby born at 2.42am.

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As we had been home for a couple of days, we really didn't have a lot of food in the house for dinner. My parents wanted to make sure were eating properly, so they invited us over to their house for dinner. Georgianna and Tim and their boys were also going to be there for dinner, so we readily agreed to head over after our 5.30pm pump and feed.

Sean was the perfect angel - he fell asleep after the feed and stayed asleep the whole way through dinner. Dad, who has never been great around newborn babies, was very impressed with Sean and made many comments about what a good settled baby Sean was. If only he knew what Sean gets up in the middle of the night!

Speaking of the milk monster, he's just gulped down a portion of expressed breast milk, followed by a portion of formula. I'm just about done with expressing, so I should get ready for bed. I'll need to be up again in 3 hours to express again!