Oxygen Level: Mid 20s
Oxygen Machine: Nasal Canula
Weight: 2lb 13 oz
Day Nurse: Jennifer :-)
Night Nurse: Jana :-)
Oh Noah had 2 awesome nurses today, and Jennifer is BACK! She was one of the nurses that took care of him when he was teenu tiny in the other NICU unit (the admitting unit). She is one of the sweetest nurses I've met, and it's crazy how she had been on my mind for the past few days because I wanted for her to write a little something and sign Noah's "Early Arrival baby book". Jennifer is young, but she knows a lot of methods and practices that some of the older nurses do not know.
She stated that Noah should be having a bowel movement for each feeding (which definitely hasn't been happening in the past!) and showed us a method to go ahead and have him be able to do that! Pretty much it's just pulling his legs up to his abdomen and applying some pressure, while wiping his little booty. This should stimulate him to have a bowel movement. The reason as to why it is good to press on their abdomen is because they probably don't have enough strength to get it out themselves, but with the added pressure, they are able to release what they've been holding on to.
Carl and I were standing there watching her demonstrate how it should be done. After about 2 minutes, Carl pretty much gave up on her and said that Noah isn't going to have a bowel movement. Low and behold, a few minutes later, Noah pooped. This poop came straight from his butt and shot clear across the isolette! Ewww...is an understatement! You all know that Carl doesn't run, but i THINK i saw him running a little to get to my side. The nurse had to clean the "windows" of the isolette because this little guy wanted to poop on them. I've never laughed so hard at Noah! LOL. This is one for the books!
Other then that, today was a pretty relax day. The nurse let me hold him during shift change, so i was able to hold him for like 2.5 hours. Awesome bonding time :-).
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