The Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant panda mom Mei Xiang stepped out of her den Thursday morning for the first time since giving birth last week, offering zookeepers (and unfortunately, all of us) a first glimpse at the cub in all of its fur-less, screaming glory.

According to the zoo, Mei Xiang left her growing cub twice Thursday morning — once at 4:27 a.m. and again at 5:59 a.m. — to grab a drink of water. Dedicated and attentive mother that she is, Mei Xiang had gone without eating or drinking for the past six days to tend to her newborn.

While the zoo says that Mei Xiang’s ability to take roughly two minutes of me-time are a sign that both she and her baby are doing well, the cub was definitely not having it.