During the next few weeks we began to build a few routines to fit our new lifestyle. I do not think either of us really appreciated before his birth just how much everything would change. Suddenly our whole lives revolved around his every need. We both like to be tidy and organised and I rarely heeded advice that ‘when baby rests, Mum does too’. If he had a sleep I would then want to tidy up, put a load of washing on or sort out the post. Just as I would feel I was ready to sit down Dominic would begin his loud shouts for attention and needs. We had plenty of visitors and I loved to show my baby off to them all.