Sunday, September 25, 2005
Late night rumbles
Thierry is back in his Moses backet and snoozing away. He's just had 50ml of his mum's milk from a bottle which makes a great start on this new day - welcome to a Sunday Thierry.
It's currently 4-38am and I've just finished a marathon session with him. I'd woken at 2am to hear him in grizzly mood. He'd been put to bed an hour earlier by Dominique after another good feed. For the best part of an hour I struggled to keep him happy. He would wimper, scream and then go subdued, lulling me into a false sense of security. I knew he needed a feed within the hour but my plan was to give him some more rest. But still he cried. Then a bright idea ! Nappy change.
After the pampers change, his old one was only slightly wet, we wandered downstairs to see how much milk was waiting for him in the fridge. I'd just got to the kitchen with him facing me own my right shoulder when I felt Thierry tense up and then something happened. You know what i mean ? Something that perhaps the Richter scale was designed to measure in the early days before Mr Richter decided that his invention could also be used to aid the study of tectonic plates.
Anyhow my little Teutonic friend lying only inches from my face unleashed a rumble of such magnitude that Ali's Rumble in the Jungle all those years ago was by contrast a mere Rattle in the Jungle. I don't jest. But Thierry was saving the best for 2 seconds later. That's when I felt his nappy increase in volume by a fifth. The new nappy had lasted barely 3 minutes. Time to return to the changing pad.
Dominique had joked earlier that the tar like merconium poo's had finished and we had moved onto a new phase, I won't go into detail here suffice to say imagine gooseberry stew....
But all this pales into insignificance compared to the emotions that are stirred. Thierry and I have just had a great two and half hours together. It's quite the most wonderful experience being able to look after your child when they are at their most vunerable. While trying to get him to sleep earlier I put Dido on and for a couple of minutes he became entranced with 'Here With Me' and stared with his eyes wide open at one of the speakers. Just an amazing moment. ¶ 5:16 am
It's currently 4-38am and I've just finished a marathon session with him. I'd woken at 2am to hear him in grizzly mood. He'd been put to bed an hour earlier by Dominique after another good feed. For the best part of an hour I struggled to keep him happy. He would wimper, scream and then go subdued, lulling me into a false sense of security. I knew he needed a feed within the hour but my plan was to give him some more rest. But still he cried. Then a bright idea ! Nappy change.
After the pampers change, his old one was only slightly wet, we wandered downstairs to see how much milk was waiting for him in the fridge. I'd just got to the kitchen with him facing me own my right shoulder when I felt Thierry tense up and then something happened. You know what i mean ? Something that perhaps the Richter scale was designed to measure in the early days before Mr Richter decided that his invention could also be used to aid the study of tectonic plates.
Anyhow my little Teutonic friend lying only inches from my face unleashed a rumble of such magnitude that Ali's Rumble in the Jungle all those years ago was by contrast a mere Rattle in the Jungle. I don't jest. But Thierry was saving the best for 2 seconds later. That's when I felt his nappy increase in volume by a fifth. The new nappy had lasted barely 3 minutes. Time to return to the changing pad.
Dominique had joked earlier that the tar like merconium poo's had finished and we had moved onto a new phase, I won't go into detail here suffice to say imagine gooseberry stew....
But all this pales into insignificance compared to the emotions that are stirred. Thierry and I have just had a great two and half hours together. It's quite the most wonderful experience being able to look after your child when they are at their most vunerable. While trying to get him to sleep earlier I put Dido on and for a couple of minutes he became entranced with 'Here With Me' and stared with his eyes wide open at one of the speakers. Just an amazing moment. ¶ 5:16 am
