Its been just over a week since Maeve Grainne Leeson’s birth and both X and I are still totally enthralled by the cute bundle of joy that is our daughter. My wife and baby returned home last monday after 5 days in hospital, and the cycle of life is defined around feeds, burping and nappy changing. X has been taking the “night shift” sleeping a few hours in the morning and afternoon when she can.

So what have I found that I can pass onto other newborn fathers:

  1. Babies can feed whilst asleep.
  2. Always burp after a feed.
  3. Get a Prince Lionheart bear which makes womb sounds which makes the baby go to sleep so much faster.
  4. Be attentive to your wife – they have been through the mill giving birth so need some tender-loving-care.
  5. Sleep when ever you can. Reminds me being back in the Army when were were in the field; you were so tired that if your platoon stopped for more than 10 minutes the first thing you did was to catch some sleep since you never knew when you would catch any more zeds.

Well its time to feed the baby :)

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