Cats and dogs with babies

Well maybe you all may know that I love animals!

We've got 2 cats and 3 dogs. And I really love them.

1 cat and 1 dog is from my hubby the others are mine.

Specially my cat Audi... I really love him and can't live without him.

He loves to cuddle, can sit on command, if I'm in a argument he's protecting me.

He hated my ex, he peed on his clothes and stuff, he never liked him.

And my new hubby, well they are good friends. It's for the first time he cuddled with a male person.

So I you can say by my cat he's the one ;).

I also love my dogs ofcourse. They are my 4 legged kids. Little bit suborn, but so cute!

When I came home with our little baby girl we where curious how our dogs would react.

And well they where quiet, little bit curious and snif on her. But they don't pay a lot attention to her.

Sometimes my black dog (Baco) come lay with me when I breastfeed her.

My cat look sometimes to her but when she moved he ran away. I think he must to get used of the idea that he's not the only one any more that can cuddle with me.

But they all are nice to her. We also involve them and we're staying to give them attention.

I love to see pictures of cute babies with their pets.

Here are some pictures I've found.

Who said animals can't live with babies? 

How did your pet respond to your baby?

Not to do after giving birth

I've told you my labor story here allready.

When I was laying in the hospital I've heard a lot of stories from the nurses.

So there are really people who just have gave birth and want their phone to call someone that they have a little boy/girl.

When my little girl was born we just can't think of our phone and call someone. We just want to enjoy our moment with the 3 of us (FINALLY).

And did you know that their are really people post a message on facebook right away?

I did not know that. Well I knew that people will post  that they have a baby on facebook but not when you gave birth 10 seconds ago.

The nurses are sometimes shocked when people call or post something while the placenta needs to come out.

When they told us that I was shocked also. You first want to enjoy your precious time with your little one.

We've called our parents and friends like 2hours after giving birth.

Maybe our parents just a little shorter but not right away.

I was breathtaking by our little girl.

Just how tiny she was,how she moved, make little noises.

I just wanted to enjoy that moment and could not think of calling someone or post something online.

But that's everyone for themselves.

When did you let everyone know that your baby was born?

And what do you think to post something online when your baby is just born a couple of minutes ago?

Bathing stuff

I'm curious... What kind of stuff do you use when you put your baby into a bath?

And from what brand?

I've always loved the smell of Zwitsal. 

That smell gives me a trusted feeling. It reminds me when I was little, childhood, little sweet cute babies so innocent.

So I'm not afraid to say that in the winter I use Zwitsal soft cream if my body is dry and sometimes I wash my hair with their shampoo. I've also got the parfume and that's not for Liv no that's for me.

And when I was pregnant I've used Zwitsal baby body oil for my tummy. And well I've got no stretchmarks on my belly (only on my legs and on my side where I did not rub it with oil) I did not use the Zwitsal mommy line so I could not tell you if that works. But the baby body oil worked for me!

We've also got the Robijn Zwitsal smell wash softener. And it smells great. I love to use it for my bedding.

So that's the reason I'll use Zwitsal for my baby girl. I've started with the washingfoam and bodylotion. And I think I've got almost everything now. She is my little Zwitsal smelling bomb just like mommy sometimes. 

I've also got a little bag for on vacation. And well we're going on vacation in November but I just want it in our home allready :D. That bag contains: shampoo, bodylotion and washing gel. But in small sizes!! 

I'm very happy about that brand. 

Just love that smell and my baby girl feels very soft after a Zwitsal treat.

I think I'm going to get the good night line also. That's one of the things I don't have.

If I got it I will write a review of it also. 

What to do with baby clothes?!

Did you also get so many clothes for your little one?

Well we did. And it's great to get all those clothes, but I'm a shopoholic and also love to buy clothes for our little one. And I'm very picky if it comes to clothing. 

Not to much pink, not to girly. It must became a real mini me! Sporty, though but feminem. Just a little bit of rock and roll!

But what to do with all those outfits? Some outfits she only can wear ones. And thats to bad. Because everything looks so good on her.

Well I've found an idea. From every outfit she wears I make a picture of it and Put it in a photo album. Next to the picture I write from who she got the clothes or where we bought it.

So you get enough fun pictures of your little one and you can always look back to her cute little outfits. 

Due date, born date

Hello you....

I did not tell you how I survived the labor haha.

I will keep it clean I promise.

At half past 4 in the morning I went down stairs because I thought I must go to the toilet.

But some water dripped on the floor. I thought I was peeing but this happend 3 times and then I thought wait: I think my water is broke.

I called my gynecologist in the hospital and they told me I must come right away.

At first I don't want to come because I must go to the hospital at 11am for a heartscan of the baby.

But they say I must because I was to early (4weeks).

So I've woke up my hubby, I showerd, brushed my teeth and then we go to the hospital.

I've catched some water to show them so they can find out if it was amniotic fluid or something else. But it was amniotic fliud and I've got a heartscan for my babygirl again.

They said that it was not sure that I was going in to labor.

I had allready 2 cm dilated and still was not in to labor and I had that from the Friday before.

They saw some contraction activity on the scan. But I had that for 4 weeks. Nothing special I only did not sleep for weeks haha.

At 7am they were going to see how many cm I was dilated. But it was only 2,5 cm.

It did not look like I was going into labor.

But the contractions were heavier and more painful. They also came within 3 minutes.

So at half past7 they are going to see again how many I was dilated and I was 8 cm dilated!!!

So they said they were going to order the delivery room and that my hubby must pack our baby clothes.

But they must clean the room first because they did not know that I was going to labor that day, that it will go slow.

In the delivery room I had the feeling I must push something out. But I may not push I had 9,5 cm.

I was pretty mad because the midwife left the room and I was alone with my hubby and a nurse.

I went sow mad (because I want to push so badly) that the nurse left also and then I was really pissed.

But both came she looked and said I must push. (finally)

And in a half an hour our baby girl came out!

So I had a labor for only 3hours she was born at 9:56am. It went so fast.

But I was glad I feel so damn good and better then I was pregnant!

SO our girl was 4 weeks to early but she did it great.

They did not have to lie in an incubator.

But she had lost to many weight in 1 day so she must keep her food inside and eat more mommy milk and formula milk. But she spit the most of it out. So the child doctor want her to go to the pediatric ward. I cried a lot because then she would get probe feeding.

And suddenly she eat a lot from my breast and keep it all inside so she could stay with me.

I was so happy. And that night she ate only more and keep it all in. After 4 days we finally can go home. She ate great, her weight get's higher and she was pretty active.

So we can say we have a very strong fighter girl!

I'm so blessed to have her in our lives and that she does everything so well.

My due date was 27-7-2014 but finally she was born at 29-6-2014.

Now I'm curious, What was your due date and when did your baby born? And how was your labor expierince? just leave a reply.

my baby girl first photoshoot

All pictures on this page are property of First edition photography. 

Yesterday my babygirl had her newborn shoot. In this blogpost I have told you a little bit about newborn photography.

A friend of mine is a newborn photographer and she made the beautiful pictures of her. Now I have seen how she works I can tell you a little bit more about it.

At first editions photography you get for a newborn photoshoot:

• 10 digital photos in high resolution on CD without logo
• Photoshoot at home (always in the morning)
• Duration of the shoot is 120-240 minutes
• Pre-selection of backgrounds and props with advice
• Within 7 days you will receive an online web album to choose the photos themselves
• Beautiful photos of the family included

Jackie is owner of first edition photography. She's 21 years old and is since 2012 a recognized photographer. Through her training as a Nurturing / maternity assistance she has a lot of experience and knowledge of newborn babies. What interests her most at this moment are Newborn Photography & Wedding Photography.In addition to her photography work, she also works as a volunteer for the Foundation Early Birds photography. Within the foundation she photographs premature babies who are still in the hospital. In this way, parents can close a hard time and look back at the photo's of this time.

I know Jackie a couple of years now so that's why I trust her to make these pictures. And well if you see her work..... She makes amazing pictures!!!She works with care and patience and she's knows what she is doing. 

At first my baby girl gets a nice wam bath and after that I wrapped her in and feed her. So she fell in sleep. Meanwhile, Jackie put all the stuff on. If my girl sleeps she goes to work.

There's always one person who looks an eye on your little baby girl. Maybe it's you or the maternity assistant. This time it was both haha.

The maternity assistant knows jackie also from other families.

Step by step Jackie works with different settings and attributes.

I was so proud at my little baby girl. She keep sleeping all the time.

If you want to work with first edition photography it's very important if you want a newborn shoot to book it while you are pregnant! If you do this when the little one is born it's possible that she has no place for a photoshoot any more. The photo session will take place until 15 days after birth. Well only I can say jackie is fun to work with. 

If you want more information about first edition photography look at her website or follow her on facebook .

Reviews:

• Super professional! And very good with the little ones is definitely recommended
• Today I had a cake smash photo shoot ... What was it like amazing! Jackie is a very fun and spontaneous girl very nice and sweet for the kids! Thanks Jackie for the gift shoot we look forward to the pictures and sure we would come back for a fun shoot!
• Super sweet and caring girl. Does her job with a lot of love and enjoy every moment with the little ones. Very nice to see!'
• Very talented enthusiastic sweet young girl who has truly been a professional in her field. Very nice style of photography. Highly recommended!
• Enjoyed a super cute maternity shoot with our guy!! Proud of the result! Thnxx!!

It's a girl!!!!

It's been a while that I have post something. But I've got something to say.....

It's a girl!!!!

My little baby girl is born at 29-06-2014 at 09:56am, 2755 grams and 47cm with the name: Liv...

She's 4weeks to early. We must stay at the hospital for 4days.

But she's doing really great. It's a really strong baby girl.

And everything they say it's true. You fell in love immidiatly.

Maybe I post a little less the last days but now you know the reason ;)...