Finally back online after a faulty 'hard drive' left me without internet access and almost cost me my documents and photos. Thanks to Bruce's hard work (he is currently in Bangkok on holidays and now stranded) I'm back.
I'll try to make up for lost time by posting updates and photos with more regularity from now on.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Flatulence and the fire hose
After learning to be a dad for the last 26 days it's about time I talked about my experiences thus far. I'll begin with flatulence as Carla is definitely going to be a future champion. What surprises me most is there frequency. When we pick her up, rock her cradle or Wannida breast feeds, Carla farts and she just loves to create bubbles in the bath. Not even I have that much gas so the mind boggles.
Then there is breast feeding which I have no recollection of from childhood although Mum did tell me I was on the bags for between two and three months before graduating to the bottle. I watched with amazement as Wannida's bags increased in size immediately after she gave birth. So much so that supply has by far exceeded demand and poor little Carla looks like she is sucking on the end of a fire hose there is that much pressure built up. One of my jobs is mopping up after Wannida has hosed the apartment down. No joke!
Then there is breast feeding which I have no recollection of from childhood although Mum did tell me I was on the bags for between two and three months before graduating to the bottle. I watched with amazement as Wannida's bags increased in size immediately after she gave birth. So much so that supply has by far exceeded demand and poor little Carla looks like she is sucking on the end of a fire hose there is that much pressure built up. One of my jobs is mopping up after Wannida has hosed the apartment down. No joke!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Fun and games
A rare moment of peace and quiet between feeding captured by Wannida. I reckon I'm adapting quite well...
Carla continues to be a bit of a night owl so I sleep when I can (mostly during the day). Wannida hasn't been so lucky as Pik Thai is relentless. I'm helping as much as I can, however, the on the job training is really taking it out of me and sometimes I feel just like a passenger. Hopefully I get a handle of this soon before we both burn out. Thank God we don't have twins.
Carla continues to be a bit of a night owl so I sleep when I can (mostly during the day). Wannida hasn't been so lucky as Pik Thai is relentless. I'm helping as much as I can, however, the on the job training is really taking it out of me and sometimes I feel just like a passenger. Hopefully I get a handle of this soon before we both burn out. Thank God we don't have twins.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
First checkup
It was back to Paolo Memorial Hospital yesterday for Carla's first checkup. Basically they took her blood to check for jaundice. She returned a reading of 9.5 which is apparently very low so nothing to worry about in that regard. For the record Carla is now 3.190 kg.
On the home front we haven't been getting a lot of sleep at night due to feeding every two hours or so. During the day is a different story, Carla nods off for between 5 and 7 hours at a time.
I'm off to Cambodia again tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get a good sleep on the bus.
On the home front we haven't been getting a lot of sleep at night due to feeding every two hours or so. During the day is a different story, Carla nods off for between 5 and 7 hours at a time.I'm off to Cambodia again tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get a good sleep on the bus.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Stay tuned for more photos of Carla
I will be posting more photos over the next few days.
In the meantime scroll to the bottom to see the latest photos.
In the meantime scroll to the bottom to see the latest photos.
Carla Ann
Her nickname is Pik Thai.
Born: Friday 24th October 2008 at 16:09 in Bangkok.
Weight: 2.978 kg
Height: 51 cm
Born: Friday 24th October 2008 at 16:09 in Bangkok.Weight: 2.978 kg
Height: 51 cm
Friday, October 24, 2008
38 weeks
I'm up early this morning, full of anticipation of what might happen today. Before I begin, I better explain the title of this post. 38 weeks refers to our Doctor's estimation of the number of weeks that have passed since conception. On the internet you can estimate the arrival date of your baby by using a 'pregnancy calculator' which calculates the number of weeks since the first day of the mothers last menstrual cycle, so in Wannida's case she is already past 40 weeks.
Right, here we go... After a week of waiting around and not much else we finally had an awful nights sleep. No sooner had Wannida layed down, the kicking would start which usually results in a trip to the toilet. I stopped counting after seven flushes only because I fell asleep. After what felt like 30 minutes I awoke to realise Wannida was sitting up and not very happy. "Time to go?" I inquired... (nope, ok back to sleep).
As I write this Wannida is finally asleep and our wait continues. In about three hours we hopefully make our last trip to Paolo for a checkup. As usual I'll be posting an update shortly.
Right, here we go... After a week of waiting around and not much else we finally had an awful nights sleep. No sooner had Wannida layed down, the kicking would start which usually results in a trip to the toilet. I stopped counting after seven flushes only because I fell asleep. After what felt like 30 minutes I awoke to realise Wannida was sitting up and not very happy. "Time to go?" I inquired... (nope, ok back to sleep).
As I write this Wannida is finally asleep and our wait continues. In about three hours we hopefully make our last trip to Paolo for a checkup. As usual I'll be posting an update shortly.
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