Alexandre !
Alexandre kept us waiting but finally made it right on time for the planned term and for Eric's birthday! He was born on December 26th, at 5.38 pm. It was a natural water birth that went so fast that I had no time for epidural (ouch) and that Eric missed the birth (he had gone back home to fetch my blood type card). Luckily, Eric arrived after about 5 minutes and therefore did not miss much of Alexandre.
Same as Ruben, Alexandre opened wide his eyes and started looking at the world from the start.
Ruben at day 1.
I keep thinking back to Ruben as a new born. So many similarities yet there are differences. Some of their attitudes and postures are so alike...
Of course, a big focus area is sleep, or lack thereof. Same as Ruben, Alexandre does not sleep much - but, luckily, he has some quiet times awake and sleeps in longer streches than Ruben used to do. I am therefore not as exhausted as I used to be with Ruben.
With daddy.
Ruben came to see us in the maternity and pretended to ignore Alexandre. He is unsettled by the new family dynamic and gets upset easily these days..
Family picture.
Alexandre again.
With Clemence.
Mahe very unfortunately broke her hip bone on the 25th and has not been able to meet with Alexandre yet. I was just able to go and see her in the hospital as she underwent surgery in a facility very close to our home. Now she is recovering in Fondation rotschild in the 12th and it is going to become even more difficult to visit her..
Virginie, Eric and the kids Mailys and very young Alban came to see us. One month older than Alexandre, Alban already looks like a big baby.. Virginie and I on the other hand look like exhausted new mothers.
We left the maternity quite quickly, on the 29th in the afternoon. As everybody says, things go much more smoothly with a second one than with a first born.
As usual, the grandmothers have been stellar. They have been taking care of Ruben a lot.
With Zabeth.
With Mamido.
We have had just a few visitors at home so far. Emeline came to see us and to see Mahe.
Aude and the girls.
Same as Ruben, Alexandre opened wide his eyes and started looking at the world from the start.
I keep thinking back to Ruben as a new born. So many similarities yet there are differences. Some of their attitudes and postures are so alike...
Of course, a big focus area is sleep, or lack thereof. Same as Ruben, Alexandre does not sleep much - but, luckily, he has some quiet times awake and sleeps in longer streches than Ruben used to do. I am therefore not as exhausted as I used to be with Ruben.
With daddy.
With Clemence.
As usual, the grandmothers have been stellar. They have been taking care of Ruben a lot.
With Zabeth.
Aude and the girls.
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