So, I have now had both weeks of my paternity leave from work already and so, come Monday, I shall be back at work whilst Claire gets to stay at home and look after Jack.
- Paternity Week One
- Monday - Claire goes into hospital for 'straight-forward' induction.
- Wednesday - Jack is born in the operating theatre after a long day in the Delivery Suite.
- Sunday - Claire and Jack come home from hospital.
- Paternity Week Two
- All days of this week appear to have blurred into each other. Some people came to our house to visit and I remember sleeping here and there.
Over the last week, Claire and I have found that looking after a newborn baby is a bit more involved than we had expected – when Jack is asleep during the day (which is a lot of the time at the moment) there’s the usual stuff around the house to do, such as food to cook, finding time to eat it, wash-up etc., but in addition, there’s the milk bottles to wash and sterilise too. Once they are sterile, Claire can then use them for the milk that she’s expressing for him; our fridge is awash with bottles filled with ‘booby-juice’, all of which are marked with its production date and time, as we should only store each bottle for a maximum of 48 hours. Claire has been looking after this side of things, whilst my job is to try and get the milk into Jack and keep it in there, without him throwing it all up!!
As Claire had a caesarean, she will be unable to drive for around 4 to 6 weeks whilst the wound heals. We’re told that if she can convince her doctor that she can perform an emergency stop in the car, she’ll be allowed to drive at 4 weeks, providing that her insurance company are happy too.
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