Day Two

Day two has been a busy, yet fairly calm day. Vivian has been a great baby so far. She rarely fusses or cries, unless I pick her up with my freezing cold hands. I have gotten a bit better at swaddling.

The biggest adventure for today was getting Vivian breast feeding. Although we had a quick tutorial yesterday before we moved into our recovery room, she was not having much luck latching on. She does have a good sucking reflex and opens wide, but has a tendency to pull her tongue back and then push it forward, knocking the nipple out of her mouth. Hard to feed without the nipple! Today we had a much longer consult and Yvonne started using a breast pump. Our first attempt was not as successful as we had hopped, but Vivian was starting to get better at it and learn how to use her tongue and latch on. The second attempt we ended up using a nipple shield to help her and she latched right on. She was really tired by then and didn't get a full feed, but after a few more practices she should be able to "do the boob".

As many of you know, Yvonne has Coeliac disease, meaning she can't eat anything with gluten in it (ie, anything with wheat or made with a wheat.) Oddly, the hospital doesn't seem to understand what this is and we keep getting questionable food for her. You would think that a major hospital would know what coeliac disease is and be able to supply a custom menu. Luckily, our nurses are very nice and have started taking custom orders for her. Hopefully we will get a chance to talk to a dietician tomorrow.






I got to spend a lot of time with Vivian today, even doing a little "skin to skin" contact with her. She is just so damn cute! (although dad needs to get back into the gym soon.)