So we on on day 3 of having our baby home and I officially have a tired baby brain. Our little boy is a constant grazer keeping me up all hours of the day and night. I’d forgotten how hard it is to have a new baby in the house/ boat. Unfortunately Carl had a family commitment in the States so he has been away for the homecoming, he’ll be back on Tuesday. My mum has been a saint taking care of the girls and helping out around the boat. So what have I learnt so far having a new boat baby? House babies and boat babies are the same, they poop, pee and feed constantly but I do miss some of my gadgets I had with the other girls. He likes to be held so I would die for a swing to pop him in to send him off to sleep I also miss having a crib I can put him in knowing he’s safe and sound, not from the rolling of the boat but from his sisters with their little octopus arms forever touching on his face and trying to hold him. I’m on guard 24/7, we’ll probably put a lock on our cabin door so I know he’s safe napping while we’re in the cockpit (maybe having that beer I’ve been longing for).
The girls are soo happy to have a baby brother even though they constantly call him “her” and Pri trying to work her pretend magic on him trying to turn him into a sister.
That’s all for now, he’s waking and duty calls.
Below are the pictures mum took of the girls when they first met their little brother.
We took him for another heart scan the day he got out of hospital. You know what’s super fun? Trying to breastfeed a baby while they have an ultrasound and an EKG, these tests never work with a crying baby.