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Amelie Gardner
Level 12, Room 15, Bed 2. It sounds like a prison cell.
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2008 by Amelie's Dad
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Amelie Gardner
More First Day Photos
11am
Looking very smug in an NHS cot.
11am
I think she caught sight of the hospital food.
3pm
3pm
Mum kicks off her shoes and relaxes while Dad's left holding the baby.
You wouldn't think we'd had no sleep for thirty-two hours.

At just five hours old, Amelie had the innate ability to be simultaneously both awake and not crying. She seemed to lose that skill by about day three.