29 June 2011 is the birthday of baby Josefine. We’re back at Sibylle’s flat after having dinner with the baby’s grandmother who’s just arrived. She is a Lutheran pastor, but surprisingly chill. I was only catching bits of the conversation because only bits were translated and also I was tired, but when the conversation turned to the christening, my ears perked. She said that the significance of the christening was about raising your child as a social being (rather than in the contemporary way of narcissism). This morning she spent with Sibylle’s mum in Lingen because she was worried. But everyone says the baby is okay now. Apparently the new mother was back to her straightforward self by midday. Josefine spent the day in intensive care but no one seems to be too concerned so I assume everything is all right.
