Yesterday we had to go to the ward office because I had to prove that I’m a legal alien before we could finish registering Elliot.

It’s my own fault - I renewed my visa and totally forgot to update the situation with them and on my gaijin card. They asked me to write a reason why I had missed the deadline - I just looked down at Elliot in his sling and then wearily back at the lady behind the counter. She told me to just write “I had a baby” in English and wrote the changes on my card.

Anyway Mum is now all official again and Elliot is safely registered and covered by health insurance.

Elliot was pretty good out and roaming around in the sling even though it was really tricky to sort out how to get comfy for both of us at the beginning. Still not quite there. He just slept the whole time. Even when the droves of older Japanese women were mobbing us for a lookie at him…