Me as Nurse Chapel
Me as Deanna Troi
Life after Birth
I’ve been trying to get organized and adjusted to the baby. I’ve managed to do a bit about my thesis and even did a bit of reading. I must be quite stressed out since I’ve been mostly listening to classical and jazz on CBC Radio 2 and Espace Musique. I ended up listening to Bob the other day because Trevor was too hungry to let me find a better station. It was strangely conforting to listen to the same music I was imposed with in high school. Just to prove that nothing changed they played the same Aerosmith song twice. I think there was an Aerosmith promo.
Theatre – The Unanswered Question
Chris and I snuck out on Friday to see “The Unanswered Question” at the NAC the other night.
So far this has been my favourite play this season. One thing that threw me off guard was that the actors were smoking quite a lot. Now that we don’t really experience smoky interiors, the smell of tobacco is quite surprising.
Trevor’s Blog
Trevor’s blog is all set and ready – http://www.bojnberry.ca/~trevor/blog/
This might be a bad news for my blog – I suspect that most of my posting activity will be over there from now on. I might get around to review a book or film over here now and again though!
Film – Miss Potter
I completely forgot to review this film. It is quite sweet. It is also the last film I will have seen in the theatres for a while. Until Trevor is big enough to go to Baby Cinema, DVDs will have to do.
Baby Blues
I am overwhelmed with all kinds of real and imaginary worries. Trevor is a ferocious little feeder during the day. However, last two nights he for the most part refused to eat. He would have a little bit of milk and then purse his little lips and have no more. If I tried for another half an hour I might have been able to get him to feed a tiny bit more. This would make a feeding session last longer than two hours and leave me exhausted, worried and frustrated. What am I doing wrong? What if Trevor does not get enough food?
Even if I managed to get to sleep, I was so worried about anything happening to Trevor. I kept waking up thinking that I had fallen asleep with him in my arms (which makes no sense since I make a point never to bring him to our bed if I am sleepy and not sitting up). I would move a pillow or touch the back of Chris’ head (which in the moonlight looked to me like Trevor’s face) and only then realise that Trevor is sound asleep in his basinet. The highlight came when I woke up convinced that Trevor was on my chest and that I must have fallen asleep while feeding him. I woke Chris up and told him to burp the baby and got mad at him when he would not do it. It took me a second to realise that I was holding the comforter and not the baby. It was still funny the second time I did the same thing.
Being so out of my wits, I decided to go to the breastfeeding clinic offered at the hospital. It turned out to be a great idea – the nurse assuaged all my worries. In fact, Trevor has regained all the lost weight in very good time. He even has a little double chin now and will soon outgrow his tiniest clothes. A lot of people complain about health care in Canada, but I found the level of service and support at QCH’s Birth Centre to be well beyond my high expectations.