Movin' On Up

Matthew had a big day today! He got promoted to new digs -- a baby condo (otherwise known as an isolette). His old crib is on the left of this picture, and the new isolette is on the right. The isolette is for babies who are a little more stable and a bit better at maintaining their body temperature.

The other exciting part of this is that he got to wear clothes for the first time! (I can't help thinking of Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter..."Dobby can only be freed if his masters present him with clothes, sir!") The nurses picked out an adorable little outfit for him with a dinosaur on it. (We can bring in our own outfits for him, too, but we hadn't realized that clothes were part of the deal with the isolette!)

As you can see, even the preemie sizes are a bit big for him -- we had to roll up his sleeves!

The babies in the isolettes are also swaddled (wrapped up somewhat tightly with a blanket). I figured that Matthew would either love it or hate it, but so far, he seemed quite happy with it! He looked very relaxed and was sleeping peacefully when we left.

Matthew also had a big day on the diaper front. Mike cleverly volunteered to change James's diaper, leaving me with Matthew. He had a big poop when I took off the diaper, then (because I foolishly forgot to put a diaper or cloth over his front while I was changing) peed all over the new diaper and his crib (he achieved quite an impressive distance, I must say), and then when we were cleaning up from that, he delivered another humongous poop all over the new diaper and his crib pad! So it took three diapers for one diaper change -- mama has learned her lesson to change more quickly next time! (And although they say the poop from breastfed babies isn't supposed to smell, this child can certainly stink up the the place. Hmm, maybe that's the real reason they're moving him to an isolette...)

Bottom picture: Matthew says, "Yo, dude, this isolette rocks!"



James had a good day, too, but not as exciting as his brother's. :)