The Life of Matthew

DON’T PANIC, EVERYTHING’S OK!
Now we all know that a baby is connected to his Mummy by the umbilical cord during pregnancy and that the umbilical cord is cut after birth. What you may not know (if you are like Daddy until he learnt this at an ante natal class) is that the bit attached to […]

I’ve haven’t really settled into a routine of eating and sleeping - except for how I start the day. For the last 5 four mornings I’ve been waking up at 4:00am. Daddy gets out of bed to change me whilst Mummy gets the breakfast buffet ready.
As Daddy can’t get back to sleep and as I […]

We all went to the local town hall this morning to register my birth here in Spain. The process was really simple and straight forward. Mummy and Daddy had the foresight to take all of their own official documents including their marrage certificate as well as my documents from the hospital.
The only thing that Mummy […]

Yesterday, Mummy and Daddy took me to our first post natal class at the clinic. The topic for the day was Baby Massage.
Baby massage is a good idea for your baby because it helps the release of growth hormones, improves food absorption and blood circulation, boosts the immune system, aids sleep and reduces colic. It […]

Yesterday was my first whole day at home - the first day that Mummy and Daddy had to look after me without my midwife and nurses around.
It was brilliant!
We all woke up at about 7:30. Daddy changed me whilst Mummy got herself ready to nurse me (which involves sitting on the sofa, wrapping my nursing […]

This afternoon I was allowed to go home. We left the clinic around lunchtime after I had had my bath and Mummy and Daddy had done some paper work and thanked all of the wonderful doctors, nurses, staff and my midwife.

I was so excited about going home that I promptly fell asleep when Daddy put […]

As promised, I’m going to try and tell you everything that happened on the day that I was born.
Friday morning we all arrived at the clinic at 8:00. Mummy was very hungry because she had been up at 5:00 but wasn’t allowed to eat anything because she was going to be induced to tempt me […]

Let me start with an apology. I know I promised a post about everything that happened when I was born, and I will do one, but it’s going to be a long post and I’m far too busy eating and sleeping to write it today.
I’ve had a lovely day today. I’ve spent a lot of […]

Just to tell you that I am very well and doing just fine. We are all still tired but I’m beginning to teach Mummy and Daddy what I want so things are settling down and I’ll be able to write a full account of my big day later.
Until next time, bye bye

I finally got to meet Mummy and Daddy at 3:25pm today Friday 18th August. I weigh just under 4kgs (8.8lbs) and both Mummy and I are doing well.
To be honest I’m very tired at the moment so I’ll write a proper post soon to tell you all about our exciting day.
Before I go to sleep […]