Learning to Sleep – Part 1
Day 1: Tresillian – A Family Care Centre, here we have come to find out why our little man cannot sleep, or will not as the case may be.
We have arrived here for check in at 9 am, parking isn’t the easiest but the whole area around the facility is free unmetered parking. The actual facility sits at the back of Canterbury Public Hospital and is an easy drive to get to from home. We have decided that I will stay for the entire duration apart from tomorrow when I will go to work for the day and return at night. Other wise it’s full days here trying to get Sean sorted.
First part of admission Sean is taken off by one of the nurses and weighed, measured and overall looked at, we go and do a little tour of the quite nice and fully stocked facility. our own private room with en-suite and separate sleep room for Sean, that isn’t used on the first night he is in a nursery where he will under go monitoring and settling by the staff. Night one is a night off for us.
Kate has an interview with admissions, going over family history, basic questions on expectations, daily routine and a bit of a psych evaluation, you know, post natal depression stuff.
We have determined that his sleep is an issue and a routine is sorted, but something that I have been thinking about for a while, and has been flagged by the paediatrician is that he is underweight, not a lot, but he should be a bit heavier then what he is, probably only about 500gm extra.
A change in eating habits is in order, breast feeding is still a go, add extra bottle feeds after midday and increase his solids, pear, apple, pumpkin has already been tested, rice cereal not his favourite, but mixed with some fruit he will eat it.
It’s not easy having to let him go off and be put down to sleep, especially as he fights it so much, and hearing him cry and not doing anything is difficult. Kate really struggles to let him go, but that’s why I’m here too, support for her and learning for myself.
First sleep, no dummy and he goes down pretty easily, we wonder who’s kid this is.
Second sleep, he’s back to his normal self and fighting the sleep waking up every 5 mins or so, glad we’re not insane and he is having issues for others.
Third sleep and tricks are back on again.
It’s now 6 O’clock and we have dinner in half an hour, Sean will be up soon for a feed.
Let’s see how the rest of the night goes.
