The first thing you did when you brought your baby home?

[Harry26]

So curious and excited!

I think I just sat on the sofa and we left him in the car seat for the cats to approach and say hello

Stared at him in bewilderment that we were now responsible for this tiny human 😂

Had Pate on toast, a glass of red wine ans fell into a coma like sleep for 4hrs!!!!

(It was midnight and he was in good hands with DP!)

@Thisismeme i did the same......cats scarpered as soon as he made a noise Lol

Sat on the sofa feeling like it was all a dream (had a lot of hurdles to have a baby), then showed the baby all of the rooms in the house!

Introduced him to my parents (I was desperate to see them, in a very un-MN way) and went for a shower. Best shower of my life!

Made a cup of tea!

Had a couple of glasses of bubbly, cured meats and pate!! It was heaven!

DD1 - came home after a spell in NICU so I just sat with her on the sofa and gave her a massive cuddle as I couldn't quite believe we were home

DD2 - left her with DH to give DD1 a massive cuddle and then my DM a massive cuddle!

I was exhausted. I think I mumbled something to DH about ‘watching her’ and I fell asleep. He woke me up a few hours later when she needed feeding and offered to warm up the McDonald’s we bought en route home.

I did some dusting 😂Had been in hospital for a week and for some reason the dust irritated me ,that was 31 years ago .

Shower. Hot water, privacy, someone watching dc, nice soap and shampoo.

Had a wee sit down. Tiring work giving birth.

Showed him around the farmyard, mufasa/simba style, ‘one day son…’ 😂 I needed to be outside!

Ordered pizza and all the sides, as we were discharged about dinner time and neither DP nor I had eaten properly in 2 days. Spent the next 5 days feeding DS almost 24 hours straight (tongue tie) so quite jealous of anyone who had a shower or, god forbid, sleep!

I had a very elderly dog at the time with health issues and the change of routine (3 nights in hospital due to long induction) had caused him a bit of distress sadly and he'd gone to the toilet all over the front room, it was squashed in everywhere!!, so I took baby upstairs to change and feed her and partner started the clean up. Came down to help and once everyone was settled, ordered a takeaway and was able to enjoy some and watch what we usually watched on telly on a Tuesday night while baby slept in her moses basket and dog slept his bed next to

Burst into tears at the dawning realisation of what we'd done 😁

Laid him on my bed and just stared at him in wonder. Then panicked and thought, shit! What have we done! 😂😂 Then ordered a Chinese takeaway.

It's been a few years with mine. They're 21 and almost 17. Eldest I think I just put them into the Moses basket in the living room and enjoyed sitting on the sofa as I had been in hospital for a few days and hadn't had a comfy seat for a while.

Youngest I was home the same day and the first thing I did was thank their dad for being home to get the delivery of our new TV and set it up while I was in hospital that day. 🙈 Someone had really good timing there. I then sat down and enjoyed watching some TV. 🤣

Family passed her around for cuddles.
Bath and a Chinese. Tucked up in bed at 8pm

Sat on the sofa as it’s wasn’t an hospital bed which is what I had for the previous 3 days and had a moment to relax whilst they were in a car seat and reality started. Had a drink (not alcohol lol) and just paused in the moment watched a bit of tv.

Let the other dc's greet them and took photos with them all holding new baby (large family!)

Then ordered dh around for a bit, knowing I'd soon have to be "on it" again!

Tried to get some sleep!

DC1 - stared at him in amazement for ages.

DC3 - got in, sat down on the sofa, noticed DC1 had nits. He got hysterical and insisted I de-nitted him immediately so did that (there had been a LOT of nits at school that year)

DC2 - I have literally no memory of it at all. Poor middle child.

Had a shower and a nap and breastfed the baby