We have now been at home for a little more than 3 weeks and we have got the most perfect little daughter. She has taken a few steps of her own, she still crawls fast and loves her toys. She also seems to know we are her parents and looks for us when on her own on the kitchen floor playing. Last night she crawled from our home office to the TV-room on her own, me in one room and her dad in the other, for a few moments she couldn't see any of us but still knew we would be there when she got there. We have managed to introduce some kind of feeding and sleeping schedule. Linnea (which is her Swedish name) still eats like a horse but goes to sleep at various times at night, we try to get her in bed at 8:30 PM latest. Sometimes she wakes up after an hour but she is easily calmed and usually goes back to sleep. Depending on the time for her last meal we sometimes have to feed her during the night, a bottle of formula is gone within seconds...
Last week our darling turned 1! Some friends, who also travelled with us to China to get their baby, came over for some birthday cake. The girls had much fun playing with all toys and we got the time to talk to some other grown-ups than ourselves. It nice to see that Linnea seems to recognize the dad in that family, I guess we will see them a lot in the future, they are the closest living friends from our China trip.
This week we made a quick visit to DH's hometown to say hi to Linnea's paternal relatives. Her great grandmother turned 92 and was so happy so see us and Linnea. The stay with her grandparents went by without any major difficulties, she seems to like her grandmother but was a bit reserved against her grandfather and aunt. We installed a webcam last week to be able to keep in touch visually and perhaps it's easier for her to remember who they are as we're about 600 km apart and won't be able to visit that often. We now have my mother and sister with family left to visit, we will go there in a few weeks.
Linnea was car sick a couple of times when going on day trips by bus in China. We were a bit worried that she would be sick going by car also when we got home but so far she likes to sit in her carseat. She often falls asleep on the way to the supermarket or somewhere else, tomorrow DH gets back to work and I really really hope she will like to sit in the back seat on her own while I'm driving (not because of my driving, thank you!) if we have to go somewhere when we're alone. We can't have her in the front seat due to the airbag, in the other (older) car there is no airbag in the passenger seat, perhaps I have to use that one with her.
We have been to see the doctor for something called "Tropical examination". They took some blood samples, pee sample, poo sample (...) and saliva sample. From blood samples they will find out if her vaccination chart is correct, perhaps she will need some extra shots but we won't know until next week. Poo sample is to eliminate salmonella and worms. She is now 74.5 cms and 8.235 kgs. We will have a home visit from the child health centre next week, our SW came to see us first week at home. I guess it's just about checking our living standards and to see how we have prepared our house for the baby, nothing to worry about. I guess.
It's no understatement to say that our lives have turned upside down since we became parents. Nothing is what it used to be but it's all for the better. OK, sleeping in weekends is just a dream right now. Taking a shower when beeing home alone with Linnea is out of the question. Linnea really loves to take a bath but hasn't been introduced to the shower yet. Another good thing is that our meals follow her schedule and we can sit together at the kitchen table (which we have realized is now too small) and eat. There is also not that much time to spend by the computer, that's why my blogg hasn't been updated for a few weeks. Sorry for that but I hope I will be able to catch up when we get her sleeping more regular.
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