Jamesie's Spa Day

We'd noticed that recently James had been having some dry skin on his head that was making his hair stick to his scalp (cradle cap), so when we arrived this afternoon, we were delighted to see that his nurse had put mineral oil on his head and was brushing out the dry skin. (He mostly didn't seem to mind, but he protested once or twice.) He looks much better now!

Then he got to have a nice warm bath and baby massage. (The blue thing on his arm is a glove taped over his IV so it doesn't get wet.) When he was all wrapped up in his wet blankets, he looked like a wee Roman senator in his toga! (He's retaining some fluid again, and when that happens, he always seems to retain about half of it in his cheeks.)

Mike held him while Mattie got his bath, and then (after Mattie's lunch), the nurse put them both in James's bed together. So cute! (In the bottom picture, James is the one higher up, on the left.) Even though Mattie is allowed to come with us to visit after he goes home, he won't be allowed to go in James's crib once he's been discharged. Right now, since they're in the same environment, there's not much chance of them passing germs back and forth, but once Mattie is out in the world, that changes. And they probably won't put them together much (if at all) while James is recovering from surgery, so it's nice that they can do it now! (James is on the schedule for Monday morning surgery.)