Day 1 - Morning/arvo

Day 1
A prelude before I begin......
For all interested parties out there this is my record of our stay at the Masada Mother Baby Care Unit. There is a fair amount of detail you may need to wade through to get to the stuff you find interesting. If you are not at all interested in detail of every description then switch channels now!!

I am new to 'Blogging'' per se but I find writing in any form cathartic and right now I need cathartic of all kinds!!! Gimme Gimme Calm Calm Calm.
Essentially, that is what this blog is for, but the likes of my mum might be interested in hearing what her littlest granddaughter is up to and I know Ant is tired of getting snippets in a text message. So skip to the end for my quick 'in a nutshell' update if you don't care what I had for lunch.

REWIND: So why am I even here???
I'll be frank. Minnie is a shite sleeper. Its not her fault, I'm not saying its my fault, its just the way it has turned out. Despite my best efforts and despite the fact I have been in Masada before (with Tilly)
I have taken to a few bad habits for whatever reason (I could name a thousand) and as a consequence the poor thing wakes 6-7 times a night wanting mumma or pappa to settle her with a pat, a rock or a feed, sometimes all three.  She sleeps max 45 minutes at a time during the day without 2 or 3 resettles and for a 4 month bubba, she needs more. I know that and that is why we are here.

How am I feeling? Well I'm glad you asked. I have felt better and I have felt worse. Mostly my worse comes at 4:30am when Minnie decides its time to get up for the day. It is a pretty painful decision to come into a place like Masada, almost like admitting you are not coping. As a mum with two babies you just can't 'Not Cope' I feel like I 'gave up', I feel like I am failing Minnie. Guilt. Killer Guilt.
I know the drill here. The nurses take Minnie for every nap and sleep for two days. She is put in a cot with no familiar surroundings and 'taught' to sleep with a series of settling techniques with strangers. Very caring, very nurturing, highly trained and experienced STRANGERS!

I said goodbye to Pappa and Tilly, Tucked Minnie into bed, went into my room and cried. With Relief for our little family and super tired.

Anyhoo, her first sleep Naptime at 12noon, got off to a good start. 7 minutes of grizzling and BAM she was asleep with one settle by the lovely nurse Laura. (The nurse who checked us in)

Then I had Lunch (a roast beef roll - ha ha ha) oh and one of those little apple juices in the plastic container with the peel off lid, you know the ones you get on a plane, and you peel it off and subsequently spill apple juice everywhere. ha ha ha, just kidding peeps. She woke after her predictable 45 minutes and I THINK she got resettled.....

in a nutshell (the quick news)
- We are checked in at Masada Mother and Baby Care Unit
- Minnie has had her first challenge and slept a total of almost two hours with two settles, Minimal grizzling.
- I ate lunch. It was nice. I need chocolate.
- I miss Tilly and Ant