EXCERPT FROM EMAIL TO FRIEND IN THE UK

This is again my Australian friend living in the UK whose baby girl is just 10 days older than Rose.

"Rose is settling in beautifully, and is truly behaving like a normal little baby, so I imagine my life resembles yours in a number of ways at the moment, except that you have one more little bod to organize!"

(This particular friend has four children)

"I'm on my way to bed, but I wanted to assure you that things are very much better than when I was sending you those harrowing tales. Rose looked positively chubby in the bath tonight. Of course she's still jaundiced, and she has a long road ahead of her, but we do feel positive when we see how well she seems to be doing at the moment.
And it's such a relief that at last she's started to gain some weight, at the same time as remaining as devoted to the breast as ever. It's just that she's also a formula guzzler. I really enjoy the fact that Shane can have a feeding relationship with Rose too (as can Lewis, and my Mum, and various other relatives on occasion)."

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