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Parin’s second week was filled with visitors as well as a family celebration – Tina’s mom’s (Parin’s Aita) birthday! Parin’s umbilical cord also fell off on Day 10 and another Hindu ceremony was performed on Day 11.
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Our first week with a newborn was not as bad as we thought it would be. The first night home from the hospital was the “sleepless” one. After that night, we actually got enough sleep to make it through the week.
Raj’s parents (Parin’s Dada and Ba) stayed with us for the first few days and we held the “chhati” ceremony on Day 6.
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Parin left Hoag Hospital on March 25 to head home. Raj is normally an aggressive driver, but that day with Parin in the car seat, he was barely driving the speed limit! He got a lot of stares from other drivers on the freeway. Parin slept most of the way and rode in style by having his Aita and Koka (Tina’s parents) provide the “grandparent police escort” from the hospital to his home in Irvine.
Before entering the home, Parin and his mom were received by Parin’s Dada and Ba (Raj’s parents). Parin’s grandmother gave blessing upon entering the home.
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Parin Kumar Rajiv Ladva was born on March 23, 2008 at 12:13am. He weighed 5 pounds and 14 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. He was quite alert and seemed to recognize our voices immediately! He was born at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California. We had a wonderful stay there and have come to refer to it as Hotel Hoag. We were sad to leave when the time came and wished that we could’ve taken a few of the nurses home with us!
Parin means “champion” and is also another name for Lord Ganesh. Kumar means “prince” and is also his maternal grandfather’s middle name. Rajiv is his father’s first name and it is customary in some Gujarati families to carry on the father’s first name as a part of the child’s middle name.
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