Day 101 of Life - September 27th
Ma and Little Sha have settled into their new digs at the hospital. Last night was a little rough, not so much for the Turkey, but more so for Ma. This was her night... make formula/milk, heat bottle, feed Sha, milk herself, sterilize bottle and all pumping materials...repeat. She said that she got about 1 hour sleep, this morning, and that was because he was tube fed at 9:00. Definitely a big adjustment for them both.
However, all of his monitors have been removed, except for the blood oxygen saturation monitor, and he now has a long oxygen tube, so he can sleep on Ma while she watches tv. It's great that they can finally have some uninterrupted bonding time together...despite the lack of sleep.
Feeds have been going well, but the little one managed to throw up twice, all over himself and Ma. Apparently his target practice in the NPCU is finally paying off!!!
Ma also gave him a bath last night and the little Turkey is now up to 2772 g (6.111 lb)!!! I guess throwing up on his mother isn't slowing his weight gain down too much.
So, here's to another quiet day and hopefully the little one stops throwing up and keeps up with his bottle feeds, for his sake and Ma's!!!
However, all of his monitors have been removed, except for the blood oxygen saturation monitor, and he now has a long oxygen tube, so he can sleep on Ma while she watches tv. It's great that they can finally have some uninterrupted bonding time together...despite the lack of sleep.
Feeds have been going well, but the little one managed to throw up twice, all over himself and Ma. Apparently his target practice in the NPCU is finally paying off!!!
Ma also gave him a bath last night and the little Turkey is now up to 2772 g (6.111 lb)!!! I guess throwing up on his mother isn't slowing his weight gain down too much.
So, here's to another quiet day and hopefully the little one stops throwing up and keeps up with his bottle feeds, for his sake and Ma's!!!
posted by Like duh! @ 9:31 p.m.
2 Comments:
At 11:25 a.m.,
Anonymous said…
Great news about your move to the care by parent room. It will be nice to have a bit more privacy too. Sha is doing so well. Good job with keeping up the pumping Ma. It is so much extra work but is helping Sha be strong and grow so well. You are already such a great mommy. You can tell that you and Pa are so proud of your little boy in the pics.
At 3:09 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
neighbours said...
Poor Ma - routine will come all in due time. Until then it will be a little rough and tireing. But it will get better, trust me. Sleep when you can, take things in stride and accept help when given. That will be your saving grace. It's been a long road but you survived and the road only gets better!!
Congrtulations guys
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