Burp!

You know your baby is small when nurses refer to him as the little peanut. Trevor had mere 2364 grams and has lost weight in the following days. This is normal, however, because he didn’t weigh much to begin with, we were kept in the hospital for an extra day to make sure he is recovering smoothly.

The Mother and Baby Unit at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital is as much an educational centre as it is a health monitoring location. Nurses were showing us how to take care of the baby and making sure that the change is not overwhelming. As soon as I was off IV Trevor stayed with me the whole time. That does not mean that I could not get nurses to take care of him, but I did this only when I was at my wits’ end or really exhausted.

The second night, which was the first night I had Trevor with me the whole time, both Trevor and the baby of the girl I was sharing the room with decided to feed continuously. After about two hours we were freaking out (this really hurt, babies were not getting any food anyway because we haven’t started producing milk and none was getting any sleep). The nurse came in and said that this is a common occurrence called cluster feeding – we don’t tell you about this in the pre-natal class – ha, ha.

Trevor ended up losing even more weight and we had to top him up with formula for a little bit. He soon got better and my milk came in so he is home safe now. Stay at the hospital made us much better able to take care of Trevor once we go home. We still had a few touchy moments, but we were able to deal with them.

Trevor’s first Family Portrait