My new “best friend”

Breast feeding a baby is a fulltime job (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise). A few days in between she does require feedings every other hour (babies need more nutrition to grow ) and with rocking the baby back to sleep, my arms have had the work out of a lifetime.

In Singapore my family have always had a baby hammock hanging for all the babies that have gone thru their house. When we were in Singapore last year we bought one to bring back to Norway. And now we finally have use for it!! The rocking motion soothes the baby right to sleep…

Rock-a-Bye Baby

And here is a little lullaby to go with the rocking…

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
And down will come baby, cradle and all

Baby squawk

My sweet sister-in-law recommended a youtube video months ago, in preparation for the coming baby. I watched it then…and after Sophies arrival I watched it again.

Recommend everyone expecting a baby to watch it….helped me A LOT!

For those of you who don’t have time to watch the whole video, here is the essence:

1. “neh” – hungry (^w/sucking reflex)
2. “owh” – sleepy (oval shaped mouth)
3. “heh” – discomfort
4. “eair” – lower gas
5. “eh” – burp (air in the upper body)

Look, a gazebo!

Ask and you shall receive…

In a earlier post I “asked” for a wooden gazebo on the patio at the front of our house.

We came across an offer (@Jula) we couldn’t resist, a wooden gazebo at a fraction of the prices I had found so far.

With the early arrival of our little baby girl we didn’t have time to assemble until this weekend, with the help of a few family members the gazebo was finished. Thank you! (we wouldn’t have finished without your help)

Well here is the finished result…

Last baby package

With the recent addition to our family I haven’t had time to actually publish this post until now…sorry
We picked up the last baby package from our local convenience store Rimi just before rushing to the hospital.
I’ve posted several blog post about all the free baby stuff you can get just by registering certain places.
Last on my list was the package from Rimi. By registering you get a voucher to use for pickup.


The package consisted of the following:

• Two packages of Kleenex tissues
• Simba teething ring
• A package of Pampers sensitive baby wipes
• a Nestle baby spoon
• three Hipp baby spoons
• Rimis bonus card (to use when buying Pampers diapers @Rimi)
• Libero hand & face wipes
• a package of Libresse Goodnight sanitary pads
• Pampers new baby diapers size 1
• Pampers diapers size 4
• Blenda sensitive detergent sample
• Libero waste bags
• Avent pacifier
• MAM pacifier
• a small bottle of asan mild intimvask
• travel size Solidox frisk pust tooth paste
• a small bottle of Colgate Smiles (0-6yrs) toothpaste
• a small bottle of Libero oil
• Huggies little swimmers diaper
• Huggies DryNites BedMats
• a Rimi reflector

Between all the baby packages we have collected we had a nice start with what we needed for our babys arrival. Still I recommend going to the local pharmacies and convenience store to get a feel of who has what. So that when you have tried the different samples and get a feel of what brands you prefer, you know where to get more.
PS: You will need more diapers than what you get in these baby packages within a couple of days….

There’s a new sheriff in town

Sorry for my blog absence lately…there’s a new sheriff in town.

Thursday 24^th  didn’t start off quite as I had expected…with my water breaking. Within hours contractions had begun and we were off to the hospital.

5AM the following morning little Sophie had entered our lives. So these days we are adjusting to all the changes. Hopefully we will soon have some grasp of the does and don’ts of our new family addition.