Today we were able to hold Matthew for the first time -- so exciting!! We're able to do "kangaroo care" (skin to skin contact) for short periods of time
. He's still hooked up to his CPAP for breathing and lots of tubes for various other things, but we can hold him as long as he's maintaining his body temperature.He seemed very calm and peaceful when we were holding him. (At one point he was a little too peaceful -- one of the issues that preemies frequently have, and our boys are no exception, is occasional episodes of apnea. Essentially, they "forget" to breathe and you have to touch their hand or foot to remind them. Matt did this while I was holding him, and although it's not serious, it was really scary! But other than that, it was awesome.) And he's so tiny -- it feels like he barely weighs anything. (Like most or maybe all babies, he's lost weight since birth, and he's now down around two pounds. They're increasing his feeding each day, so we're expecting him to start gaining again soon.)
Hopefully we'll be able to hold James tomorrow.
2 comments:
They are totally adorable!! (and how in the world do you have time to keep up such a great blog???) You are already super-parents!!
Yay! Kangaroo care is so good for tiny babies, and for parents too. :) Praying that James gets strong enough to get some quality marsupial time soon too.
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