Post by santoki77 on May 31, 2015 7:21:34 GMT -5
It has been so exciting lurking and reading all of these birth announcements! Congratulations to all of you new mommas and mommas-to-be.
I can't believe it's been 11d since the last update. I feel like it's gone by incredible fast, yet incredibly slow. They thought her had an ingunal/groin hernia but the ultrasound ruled it out (just fluid filled sacs that need to be watched) and his eye/ROP screenings have been going well.
Without jinxing it, looks like Elliott may be coming home early this week (I don't want to say tomorrow but the drs have already scheduled his outpatient follow up appts for later this week). It really is true when they say "something just clicks" and babies start to progress. He started taking bottles like a champ and his NG (nose feeding) tube was pulled Friday night. And, after almost 7w full weeks of nasal cannula support, that was taken off yesterday. It was the first time since the few days during week3 he had NO GEAR on his sweet face. Since I never had a shower and ppl that I thought would help never did, we went on a brief shopping spree yesterday and bought what we absolutely needed (car seat/stroller, rock n play, diapers, pacifiers, bottles (still having problems latching but that's fine)). Took the car seat to the NICU yesterday and they'll do the car seat test today or tomorrow.
It's amazing scary and exciting at the same time. I've spent even more time at the NICU to practice bottle feeding him which is actually more difficult that you would think. Also, since we won't be using the hospital slow flow nipple, I bought a Medela one which was still too fast for him. So I'm going to buy a couple different kinds to see what works for him. amazon sells the hospital ones but they're technically disposable so I don't want to reuse then too much.
They've been weaning him off of the NICU "comforts" like his reclined bassinet, bumpers/rolled towels they've been using to keep him in place and even the multiple swaddles/blankets bc technically we're not supposed to use at home and to mimic home conditions. They're going to show us how to tub bath him today and get us ready.
Before I post a couple pics which I'll remove in a couple of days I have a slight confession to make: I've been cheating on you ladies with the following FB groups:
first time mommy group
Exclusively pumping moms private group
Preemie mom's
nursing and pumping moms
Ep trading post
At a minimum, these groups are closed, private or secret so you can ask questions without your "real life" knowing. For the most part, I've found them informative and they've helped me along my NICU and pumping journey. I intend to keep lurking, sending love tits, commenting and posting but I suspect my attention will be elsewhere once he comes home. BTW I totally intend to post here once he's officially discharged. Love Santo.
**pics removed in case of creepy Internet peeps**
I can't believe it's been 11d since the last update. I feel like it's gone by incredible fast, yet incredibly slow. They thought her had an ingunal/groin hernia but the ultrasound ruled it out (just fluid filled sacs that need to be watched) and his eye/ROP screenings have been going well.
Without jinxing it, looks like Elliott may be coming home early this week (I don't want to say tomorrow but the drs have already scheduled his outpatient follow up appts for later this week). It really is true when they say "something just clicks" and babies start to progress. He started taking bottles like a champ and his NG (nose feeding) tube was pulled Friday night. And, after almost 7w full weeks of nasal cannula support, that was taken off yesterday. It was the first time since the few days during week3 he had NO GEAR on his sweet face. Since I never had a shower and ppl that I thought would help never did, we went on a brief shopping spree yesterday and bought what we absolutely needed (car seat/stroller, rock n play, diapers, pacifiers, bottles (still having problems latching but that's fine)). Took the car seat to the NICU yesterday and they'll do the car seat test today or tomorrow.
It's amazing scary and exciting at the same time. I've spent even more time at the NICU to practice bottle feeding him which is actually more difficult that you would think. Also, since we won't be using the hospital slow flow nipple, I bought a Medela one which was still too fast for him. So I'm going to buy a couple different kinds to see what works for him. amazon sells the hospital ones but they're technically disposable so I don't want to reuse then too much.
They've been weaning him off of the NICU "comforts" like his reclined bassinet, bumpers/rolled towels they've been using to keep him in place and even the multiple swaddles/blankets bc technically we're not supposed to use at home and to mimic home conditions. They're going to show us how to tub bath him today and get us ready.
Before I post a couple pics which I'll remove in a couple of days I have a slight confession to make: I've been cheating on you ladies with the following FB groups:
first time mommy group
Exclusively pumping moms private group
Preemie mom's
nursing and pumping moms
Ep trading post
At a minimum, these groups are closed, private or secret so you can ask questions without your "real life" knowing. For the most part, I've found them informative and they've helped me along my NICU and pumping journey. I intend to keep lurking, sending love tits, commenting and posting but I suspect my attention will be elsewhere once he comes home. BTW I totally intend to post here once he's officially discharged. Love Santo.
**pics removed in case of creepy Internet peeps**
