Life

Life has been pretty uneventful since my drain came out. It has been so nice! It has been a life as usual, "the old usual" kind of day. Yesterday, I took the girls to the park and was able to walk so much better. I showered without taping things down. I didn't have wounds to pack, just cover with gause. Ah, it was so nice! I was sore beyond reason though. I think the doctor moved a few innards around when he pulled the drain out. I was happy that it was a healing sore. I can deal with that kind of pain. It's the open wound area pain that scares me into not moving much.

Trever and I went on a date last night. We went out to Olive Garden for dinner. I couldn't eat as much as I hoped. I started getting a migraine and was feeling icky. I couldn't figure out why, until I was telling my mom about it, then remembered that my antibiotics makes me light sensitive. I have been squinting a ton the past few days which puts strain on my head and neck, giving me headaches. Oh well, I only have a couple days left of it, then it'll be back to normal.

Caleb has been doing well. He has been nippling every feed since last night. He often will only take about half by mouth, but he has the suck swallow and breathe deal down very well. Even when he is super tired, he still takes a little bit. He still gets warn out really easy, but seems to be pacing himself so much better. I'm so excited that he is doing so well. I told the nurse last night that I have a feeling that come next weekend, he and I both are going to jump into high gear.

I talked to his speech therapist the other day, she gave me some great tips about feeding him. We won't be able to feed him in the normal cradle him in your arms position like we always do with bottle feeding. That position promotes ear infections, especially on preemies. You basically tuck their feet up against you, hold their head down near your knee. ( so they are laying on your lap, head away from you. Turn them on their side at a slight angle. The angle depends on their age and stability. Eventually we will feed him sitting straight up. You want them turned to their side completely. Like the position they are in when you are nursing them. This help keep them from ear infections more, and lets gravity help as well.

Also when nursing, I thought I was being a lazy nurser, but actually that is probably the reason why my kids hardly ever get ear aches. Some lactation ladies, have said to keep them straight across your body. You actually want their bum lower than their head so that gravity will pull the fluid downwards. Holding their bum as high as their head, promotes ear infections. Who knew.

She also told me that the nuk and mam pacifiers are bad for their development, and can give them future speech issues. I thought those were the more wise choice but I was wrong. They act like they are therapeutic and such, but really, they flatten out the babies tongue. The soothie nipples are the best. They used to think that the angled nipples mimick the mothers nipple in the babies mouth. But with technology these days, they have found that's not true. So you want to get those straight binkies. Like the soothie brand.

They also really like the dr browns bottles. They have ultra slow flow nipples for preemies, and the construction of the bottle, helps with ear infections, colic, reflux, etc. they are super cool bottles. I learned so much talking to her. It was awesome. She really knew her stuff and was logical about it all. It wasn't just some crazy woman's opinion.

Well, we are of to have a family fun day. Ill chat with you later.