Happy Australia Day!

At the Australia Day vintage car rally, I discovered I really want to be a fireman!




This car is ideal - the little one for me, and Mummy & Daddy and the rest of the family might fit into the other one...

Cuddles & Sleeps...

I had my first cuddle with my uncle Simon - he's sooooo cool!






When Daddy has trouble going to sleep, I help to settle him...

Rels From a Distance

Today my Uncle John and cousin Bella came to visit. They live a long way away. Bella turned 9 during her visit - happy birthday Bella!

Bella drew this wonderful picture of me! She also gave me a lovely cuddle. She's used to babies and I felt very safe in her arms.
I got to have a chat with my Uncle John too.

I made some artworks (with a bit of help from Uncle John and Mummy), including one with Bella's foot and handprints with mine - one for our Gran I think! Bella took this shot - isn't she clever!

Here's a print of Bella's foot and handprints as well as mine.

At the end of it all, I just had to go to sleep exhausted by my own creativity.........

Head Doctor

Today I went to visit a neurosurgeon with Mummy and my Gran. He liked the odd shape of my head so much he asked for some extra pictures of it (CT scan) in a few weeks time.

Overall, life is pretty peachy!

I do sleep a lot too...

Home Sweet Home

Gee, it's pretty quiet and peaceful here. I sleep under my lovely quilt all the time.
I've been given a beautiful wrap covered in angels. I sleep really well with that round me!

There are all sorts of rooms here. It's quite interesting to have a bit of a change of scenery every now and again!

I still had to have a bath here too - not quite as bad as before...

Gran's First Cuddle

My gran was finally allowed to give me a cuddle', now that I'm out of hospital.
First we gazed into each others' eyes for a bit...


Then we had a little dance (foxtrot I think).


Then I sang her a little song. She said she liked it. I certainly liked my cuddles!

Escape!

Finally, my escape plan has come off! Since my temperature has been good even with no heated mattress, I'm going home with Mummy and Daddy today! Here's me with some of my wonderful nurses.

Here's Mummy with wonderful nurse Christine who nursed me at the very beginning and made sure I got my first cuddle. She gave me a lovely quilt as a goodbye present. I have it in my bassinet all the tme now - it's beautiful!

Lovely Clare said goodbye - that's me in the capsule!
Sister Lynda checked that Daddy had fitted my capsule properly in the car.


Here I am, about to go home (where ever that is). I think this new big set of wheels seems pretty funky...
And this, apparently, is "home"... That's a huge "cot" next to mine - wow!

Day 100

Today started reasonably normally, and Daddy drew a lovely picture of the big sign and balloons that the nurses hung up for my 100th day in the Neonatal Unit.
I'd no sooner finished my 12 o'clock feed than all the nurses from 2 shifts in the whole nursery came to sing "Happy Birthday" to me for my 100th day!

And I got a cake! I helped Mummy cut it.

Here's a shot of the wonderful sign they made me. Notice the cute footprints on the balloons!

Everyone is so nice here!

Out of the Frying Pan ...

Well, I wasn't concerned when they turned off my heated mattress today. I reckon I've got enough weight on me now at 2.52 kg to keep myself warm - I hope. If I can, then I can go home with Mummy and Daddy. I was just musing on all this while I had my bath...
Then I had some yummy milk for dinner. Daddy took this photo when I was having a little rest - and a burp - scuse me.

Day Release - Happy New Year !

Today was a really exciting day. Mummy and Daddy got to take me for a walk between feeds. I totally approve of my new wheels! We went for a bit of a trip down some hospital corridors first...

Then I discovered there's this place called "Outside". It seems very big and has a nice bright blue ceiling that moves . Lots of strange smells and sounds.

After we got back from our walk I was weighed - and I'm now up to 2.44 kg. That's an increase of 100g in 2 days - yipee!