Today we went to Swansea’s County Hall/Civic Centre, to see the Registrar and officially registered the birth of Anna Christina Merriman. Her middle name is a suitable mixture of Christopher and Irina, which is close to what her patrynomic name would be in Russian. Hopefully the Kazakh red tape guardians will accept this as a suitable choice, and won’t complain.
These photos were all taken around the time Mum showed Ira and I the best approach to bathing little Anna, and we’ve since done this solo without any major mishaps. Irina was a little apprehensive about full on bathing (as opposed to topping and tailing) and safety, so I explained that if the bath shifts around, or looks likely to shoot off the surface its laid on, hold the baby, and forget about trying to stop the bath from falling – as long as Anna is safe and secure, no is going to give a damn about a little spilt water. A case of not throwing the baby out with the bath water 🙂
February 28th, 2009 10:32 am
Hello new parents!
Little Anna is so cute and small :)) we already forgot how it was,
since our little Alan is already walking 🙂
We also have blue bath 🙂
what about breastfeeding?
because in our case that caused more problem than bathing
and we also have skype
DanataK
so whenever you have time we can chat 🙂
February 28th, 2009 4:20 pm
Hello, we’ve received your skype message and replied 🙂 Breastfeeding is going ok in general, though Anna’s blocked nose is a bit of a problem for her. Hope we chat online soon, and see each other in the not too distant future 🙂
March 2nd, 2009 5:13 am
Assel seems to think the Kazakh people will decide what they want to decide. But maybe you can swing Ana Christina as the first name and no patrynomic.
She’s beautiful, if I haven’t mentioned that elsewhere.
March 2nd, 2009 1:16 pm
See you in a couple of months 🙂