Day 4 4/7/11 struggling to feed

On day four, Monday, we pottered around the house, the midwife came to check we were all doing well and we went out to the City Hospital to enquire about Michael's BCG injection, which we have been advised to give him to protect against Tuberculosis when we return to Peru. He was a real star at the hospital, getting plenty of attention from everyone whilst we were at the cafe. He is not quite as calm a little boy now as he was, he gets very frantic when he is hungy, he throws his arms and legs about and cries and jerks his head from side to side. It is so frustrating! We all want him to feed and be happy but it gets very tense and Rocio and I have to swaddle him to stop him getting his hands in the way all the time and pinching Rocio. We have to help him to keep his head still enough to latch on and often we have to wait 'til he's really crying, open mouthed befor he will open up enough to get him attached. It can take all three of us 10 or 15 horrible minutes to start him off, but as soon as he has got it he is happy and feeds very well. Then he sleeps until he's hungry again.

This is another bedroom photo, I guess because I can catch him at his most relaxed when he has just had a feed with mummy on the bed.