Mommy Time

I am one happy mommy right now! Yesterday, all of my babies got to be in the same room together. It was one of the greatest moments of my life. I felt like my heart that was cut into 7 different pieces, was finally put back together for that moment.  The girls loved holding him. It was so precious.

My three oldest just took it all in. They were so proud to finally be with him. It was like they understood a little more about what our crazy life was for.  Number 4, my sweet little Kaylee has been talking about her baby boy for months. Actually, ever since she found out that we were having a boy. I have always felt like they all have a special place in their heart for him, but Kaylee and Rebecca seem to really be connected with him. Kaylee has always called him "da baby boy" and swears that he is only hers. We convinced her that she has to share him with mommy and daddy too. Beyond that, she won't allow. Haha. She seemed so content to finally have him in her arms. Little Rebecca could not get enough of him. Every chance she got, she was pushing past anything in her way to get to him. When we held him, I held his head and she got his feet on her lap. That wasn't good enough for her. She kept reaching over to grab him and pull him close. She is stronger than I thought. Lol. She wanted to snuggle him just like she does her baby dolls.

I spent the day and night with Caleb. I worked with him each feeding (except one). He probably took a good 80% of his feeds in the last 24 hours! He spit up quite a bit through the night, so speech came in to feed him and watch him. She thinks his reflux is largely due to the fast breathing. He has been on inhaled steroids for the last two weeks. It seems to be helping, so they are going to keep going with it for a little while longer. I was hoping to have him strictly on the bottle by now, but he just isn't quite ready. Although, last night was a really productive night. Hopefully it helped train his body a little more. I wish I could just live down here and work with him constantly. It made a huge difference.

Also yesterday, I tried to massage him a little and played lots of calming music. I really think it helped. If anything, it kept me calm. I could tell that I would get worked up about him needing to get his overall percentage up. The music really helped me be patient and coach him through it all.

I made a new friends yesterday. I was at the pharmacy in the hospital and overheard her saying she was from Queen Creek. I decided to introduce myself. She has a baby in the Nicu and delivered a little over a week ago. She had preaclampsia. No fun at all! It's really nice to know that I have someone here going through this too.

Ill post pictures of our fun day when I get home to my main computer. I can only post to Facebook with this iPad for some reason.

Oh one more special thing that happened last night. I went to visit my nurses and got to see a couple of them that I haven't seen for a long while. My dear Val ended up not having to work because they were over staffed, so she came and sat with me for over 3 hours. We used to sit and talk for hours when I was in the hospital. It was so dun to have one of my nightly chats with her again. I have really missed those. She got to snuggle Caleb and see how much he has grown. She has been there with me since the day I got admitted. She has practly become family! I love my Val!  Off to go snuggle my little man for a few more minutes before I have to head home. Have a great day everyone!