# My little girl has come home **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185 "2011-09-22T10:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/1 "2011-09-22T10:13:44Z")
Some of you may [have seen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=620753) that Mrs **C** gave birth to our first daughter last month at 30 weeks. After almost five weeks and countless trips to see her in the special care unit, we finally brought her home on Tuesday evening. It would have been earlier, but she picked up a Group B Strep infection, which I have since read up on and see it can be really serious. Fortunately, it was picked up quickly and antibiotics soon cleared it up, though we have to give her penicillin for another two months. We’re really enjoying not having to leave the house, and just sitting and staring at her. She’s been really good so far - we both got over 8 hours sleep the first night, albeit well broken up (we didn’t properly get up till 11am!). I think it will take her a little while to get used to the quietness and darkness after spending the first month of her life in a noisy, fairly brightly lit environment. [Obligatory pic.](http://i55.tinypic.com/idel1c.jpg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/2 "2011-09-22T11:18:53Z")
Woot! Grats =) Very adorable:D ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/3 "2011-09-22T11:21:35Z")
Wonderful news! Darling baby! ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/4 "2011-09-22T11:50:11Z")
Great news! enjoy your little girl! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/5 "2011-09-22T12:02:21Z")
FIRE UP THE BARBIE, CHUCK SOME SNAGS ON AND CRACK A TINNIE ALL…THE KID IS HOME. 😛 Hey **Colophon** , good news is always celebrated with a sausage-sizzle and a beer in Australia. May your little girl grow up to enjoy many of them in future years. Congrats Dad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/6 "2011-09-22T12:04:32Z")
Congrats! I can imagine the relief at not having to trek to the hospital every day. It might sound strange, but when my daughter was in there I found the NICU a really pleasant place to be - all so calm and friendly and focussed, with a wall of photos and letters from people whose babies had made it home. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/7 "2011-09-22T12:46:19Z")
Aw, so cute. Enjoy her…you know they grow up too fast. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/8 "2011-09-22T14:02:08Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Congrats! I can imagine the relief at not having to trek to the hospital every day. > > It might sound strange, but when my daughter was in there I found the NICU a really pleasant place to be - all so calm and friendly and focussed, with a wall of photos and letters from people whose babies had made it home. I agree with you. The SCBU (acronym of choice here - Special Care Baby Unit) was great, although at weekends it was pretty manic with visitors. The staff were brilliant and always had time for us, and we always felt like we were leaving her in safe hands. That said, even though the hospital is only a 15-minute drive away, we’d pretty much had enough of that journey! The furthest I’ve been since Tuesday night is the bottom of the garden to water the tomatoes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/9 "2011-09-22T14:10:00Z")
Oh, how freaking cute is she! What a sweet little bundle! Enjoy the relative calm, my friend. The storm is coming. Presumably you’ve dodged the colic bullet by now, so that’s a plus. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/10 "2011-09-22T14:19:16Z")
Aww, precious! She has a cute little button nose and blond eyelashes… she’s adorable! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/11 "2011-09-22T15:01:10Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Hey **Colophon** , good news is always celebrated with a sausage-sizzle and a beer in Australia. May your little girl grow up to enjoy many of them in future years. > > Congrats Dad. 🙂 Thanks - but unfortunately in England we’re racing headlong into autumn and it’s not quite snags-on-the-barbie weather! In fact last night I toasted her arrival with a very good single malt courtesy of her aunt - much more in keeping with the climate… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/12 "2011-09-22T18:11:39Z")
Congrats. She looks mighty healthy, too! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/13 "2011-09-22T18:21:23Z")
I’m really happy for you guys and yeah, she’s a cutie. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/14 "2011-09-22T18:27:06Z")
Fantastic news! She’s a cutie. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/15 "2011-09-22T18:35:44Z")
Blow up the balloons (but don’t leave them near the baby)! Great news! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/16 "2011-09-22T18:40:00Z")
What great news! Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/17 "2011-09-22T18:49:47Z")
Aww. Beautiful pic. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/18 "2011-09-22T19:44:37Z")
I have joined you, with a toast of good single malt, to the joys of being the father of a precious daughter. You do know, don’t you, when they take hold of your finger, while they are so quiet, peaceful, and look so beautiful, that they never, ever let go? Right now, you think she is yours. That will change. You are hers now, get used to it. Tris ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/19 "2011-09-22T19:49:42Z")
Another father, smitten… Your heart is filled with a love you never dreamed possible! All my best to the new family! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185/20 "2011-09-22T19:49:54Z")
What a lovely little one. So glad she’s home, **Colophon** and you’re enjoying a belated but welcome chance to breathe and love and relax. Congratulations! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girl-has-come-home/597185.md?page=2)