Rosie news (0-3 months old):
Rosie at three month old.
The Moore family, Rosie is 11 weeks old.
A moment bonding with Nana - and a smile!
3rd May. Rosie sleeping in Nana's arms, Daddy looking after Rosie while Phil does a morning at work, mini Swans fan.
1st May. Enjoying a cuppa on the patio with El & Charlie, and Dorothy (taking the photo).
30th April. Nana Dorothy arrived from Australia!! Rosie is 10 weeks old now.
29th April. The eggs in the nest box hatched today, so here is a picture of another little chick in a nest.
21st April, Rosie's first Viking event at Cressing Temple Barns, Essex, aged nine weeks old.
20th April Phil and Rosie visit El and Charlie.
At 8 weeks old, still trying to capture her smile, and exhausted with Daddy on the sofa.
Rosie having bath time aged 7 weeks old.
Mummy (taking the photo) and Rosie relax in the garden on a sunny afternoon.
The family Moore at Easter - Rosie is 7 weeks old.
Rosie in her bounce chair, and modelling some cute outfits, aged about six weeks.
Rosie visited Granny and Granddad's house for the first time, aged about six weeks.
On 23rd March little cousin Charlie was born, Rosie went over to visit him and Auntie El and Uncle Tim the next day. See El's webpage for more pictures and news.
Rosie was one month old on Mothering Sunday (thanks for the card and chocs Rosie and Daddy). Here are some pictures of her different expressions at one month old:
Rosie at one month old, just after a nappy change.
Rosie at three weeks old, with mummy and daddy, and in the Springtime daffodils in the garden.
The Moore family - two weeks old.
4 days old with Auntie Claudia, and with Maple and Pom.
3 days old, with Mummy, with Granny and Granddad, and Auntie El.
2 days old with Daddy.
Just got home the next day - exhausted!
Just been born! Proud new parents.
The Birth Story:
Baby Rosalind Catherine (Rosie) Moore was born on Sunday 18th February at 7.08am. She weighed 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg in metric). Phil started labour in the morning of Saturday and went to the hospital at teatime on Saturday evening. Started off in a warm bath to help with the fairly frequent contractions until she was far enough dilated for some proper pain relief. By about 9pm Phil was using gas an air in the bath to take the edge off the pain. This also had the same effect as consumption of about half a bottle of wine! However, Phil was still very keen to get her epidural, and by 11pm when Phil was back in bed the anaesthetist was in attendance and started to administer the epidural. This finally took full effect by midnight and Phil and Andrew could then get some real rest through the small hours while the contractions kept going until Phil was sufficiently dilated to start pushing. Baby also seemed more stable once the epidural was working. By 7am the doctor reckoned it was time to get going, and they seemed keen to get baby out quite quickly so used forceps while Phil started pushing (still lovely and pain free). Ten minutes later baby Rosie arrived, and was very vocal, and lovely and healthy. Phil spent the next day and a half on the ward recovering from the epidural and giving birth. Mummy, Daddy and Rosie got home at about 5pm on Monday afternoon.