| 3/9/2007 | |
| The Demanding One | |
| The nursery nurse brought Sonja back to Hannah. Her remark was "Boy, she's demanding". I had to finish car prep, web site updates, and send the "Another Star Is Born" email. During all of this I had to get Juliet up, dressed, fed, and ready to go. I was originally supposed to take Juju directly to the in-laws' and stay the night at the hospital with Hannah and Sonja, but that fell through so I took Juju to the hospital. Finster's second exposure to Sonja had a bit more impact. When Juliet saw her she said "baby". That was about it. At least she recognized Sony as a human being instead of a plaything. With all that I had to do that morning I didn't get to the hospital until shortly before naptime. This turned out to be a problem. After an hour or so Juliet was all over the place, getting into everything and constantly trying to escape out into the ward. Sadly I was going to take Juliet back home for naptime. We weren't happy with the need to be apart on Sonja's day 1 but we didn't have much of a choice. Unexpectedly, Rachel, who was on her way from NY, called and arranged for us to drop Juliet at the in-laws. They would watch Juju until Rachel got there when she would take her from there. This is what I did. When I got back to the hospital I grabbed a hotdog from the cafeteria. The other fare did not look so good. After munching we hung out. Sonja has a voracious appetite. The docs recommend feeding for 15 minutes a breast every 2-4 hours. Sonja will go for 1/2 an hour each easy and come back for more every one or two hours. She's also filling several dipes a day with poop. This is ridiculous. Aunt Marianne and cousin Carmella dropped by. I was surprised that they let an eight-year-old in. Apparently they are pretty loose with the 14-year rule. After they took off it was dinner time. Hannah loves her hospital food; I do not. I returned to the cafeteria hoping for something better than what the lunch menu had to offer. That wasn't destined to come about. It was the exact same menu as lunch. Ecch, hot dogs revisited. During all of this Sonja was pretty easy. Mostly regular feedings; no real issues aside from the vast amounts of milk she's sucking down. As night fell we went to sleep. Now, the cot, or rather, the rack, upon which I laid (not so much slept), was ridiculous. Most of the springs were gone. As such, the latticework that suspended the "mattress" was no longer attached to the frame. The result of this failure was that the two main cross members stuck out above the latticework and thereby into my ribs. By strategically manipulating the four pillows Hannah managed to scrounge, I managed to minimize the impact. Thank God this only is for one night. Sonja's problems of the night before seemed to have dissipated (say "Halleluiah"). She had regular wakings for larger than average feedings, but the craziness of the first night seemed to have abated. Tomorrow we head for home. Won't that be nice? |
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