We started to train Eva at bottle feeding. She had a couple in the hospital and didn’t seem bothered. So as I had to go back to the hospital for health checks I decided to start expressing the milk and bottle feeding her for these special occasions. She’s been fine with it but was definitely more windy than when breastfed.

Nous avons commencé a donner le biberon a Eva. Elle en a eu quelques uns a l’hôpital et cela ne l’a pas dérangé. Donc comme j’avais a m’absenter pour des rendez-vous médicaux, j’ai commencé a tirer mon lait pour préparer des bib. Eva a bien mangé mais elle va trop vite et du coup avale plus d’air et se sent mins bien qu’après une tétée! Il va falloir s’habituer Little miss!

With Granny

Eva turned one week old on Friday 13th of June 🙂 she’s a great healthy baby!

Eva a eu une semaine le jour de l’arrivée de ses grand-parents irlandais a Tokyo, le vendredi 13 juin! C’est un petit bébé en pleine forme et en bonne santé!

Eva was wide awake when Shane rang on Skype so the Irish Cahills sat on the couch and had a chat with Shane.

Eva était bien réveillée quand Shane a appelé Dave sur Skype, du coup les Cahills Irlandais se sont installés confortablement sur le canap avec Eva pour discuter avec Shane.

Week one at home was great! It was nice to be in a quiet and relaxing place. Dave and I spent the first day with Eva on our own and then Granny and Grandad from Ireland arrived to help us. They have been absolutely amazing with Eva and us 🙂 we are so grateful!

La première semaine a la maison était vraiment super, très calme et relax. Dave et moi avons passé la première journée en tête a tête avec Eva avant d’accueillir ses grand-parents irlandais. Ils ont été franchement super, et nous ont aidé avec le bébé et les tâches ménagères nous permettant de nous adapter a cette nouvelle vie et a nous remettre de la naissance (enfin surtout moi 🙂 ).

After spending five nights in the hospital where the nurses and midwives took care of Eva and myself, showing us how to bond through breastfeeding and how to change, bathe and care for the little one, we were finally discharged. Dave had ordered a special taxi with an infant car seat for the trip home. In Japan, they are ok with carrying the baby in a carrier and put the safety belt around both the mother and baby in the carrier but I wasn’t convinced. The taxi picked us up outside the hospital. It was weird to carry Eva outside the hospital, it felt like we were doing something wrong …

It was a rainy day, I felt so relieved in the taxi, knowing I was going home; there would be no nurse, no health check, no noise… I sat at the back with Eva in her car seat and Dave was at the front chatting to our lady driver.