Changing Rooms

Thoughtful
Originally uploaded by Jason Hutchens.

As I mentioned previously, the hospital is overflowing with newborn babies. Quite literally. Apparently they were flying expectant mums and premature bubs to Canberra, because Sydney will full. So we were lucky we came in when we did. However, we needed to spend the first day in the delivery room, and the second in a shared room, which wasn't much fun. So we were overjoyed when we were moved to a larger room of our own, including a double bed so we can all stay overnight in comfort. We're in 667, the neighbour of the beast. Funny to think that there'll be a mum and baby in room 666 on 6/6/6. They'll probably name him Damien.

We had our first visitors today. Nestor dropped by in the afternoon with his friend David, who was in Sydney in business and was on his way back to the airport. They bought us a delicious Thai dinner, which the four of us ate while Eliza Anh slept in her cot. They also bought heaps of chocolates, but Dzung reckons she's gone off the stuff, after having constant cravings during the last trimester. Seems our little girl is destined to become a chocaholic. And Brendan, my brother, arrived back from Perth, and came straight to the hospital to see his niece.

We ended the day by giving Eliza her first bath. She really enjoyed floating in the water. Click on the "thoughtful" picture for some more piccies, including those of bathtime. We've been giving her feeds often. She's not getting much of a meal yet, but there has been plenty of practice time for mum and bub to get used to the process. We'll probably stay in the hospital until we get confident with it, so it's home Tuesday at the earliest.