More Holding

"Daddy Tiiiiiiime! Tummy Tiiiiiiiime! Last night was daddy's turn! (Madeleine's Mom doesn't wear plaid or stripes!)

Madeleine's window is *mildly* decorated...if I didn't have 10 other projects going on right now it would probably be solid cards and pictures. Some parents in the NICU go wild filling the bedspace with stuffed animals, balloons, pictures...it's mostly soothing to the parents, which they need very much! I think a lot of us feel responsible and guilty for the fact that our babies are sick or having issues, and we want to give them everything under the sun. For us, it's everything above the sun that we want to give Madeleine, and I'm not talking about space trash! (I'm not sure where that last bit came from.)


Nothing major to report today. Peanut had a little blood sugar flux, and they're feeding her over an hour's time. Some nurses were already doing that, but some were feeding over 30 minutes. To keep her blood sugar steady and to keep her from having hills and valleys, they're all feeding her over an hour's time now. Her breath rate is down to 35 on the vent now...and she seems fine with it all so far. Tomorrow (later today rather) is Monday...so that will be when they'll decide on some "moves" for Peanut...the weekends are for cruising. :)

Mommy got to hold Peanut tonight, she did great with it. She was instantly asleep as soon as she landed on me and stayed that way for over an hour as she got her 11 pm feeding. She did reach up and grab my chin...(picture to follow later!)...I had to fight the urge to go "nom nom nom" on her little fingers! She also poked herself in the cheek with her own thumb and made a cry face...and a second later was back asleep! What a funny girl. When her nurse friend returned her to her bed, she never really woke up...still sleeping like a log! She likes tummy time the best while on mommy! (On Daddy too, of course, but tonight was my turn!)