Oxygen Level: 21% @ 4.5 LPM
Oxygen Machine: Nasal Canula
Weight: 3lbs 8 oz
Day Nurse: Marise
Night Nurse: Terry
Oh boy! Carl and I were exhausted after such a long day with the baby shower, but when duty calls, we do what we have to do! After lunch/dinner with the family, and sending off Herline and the kids, we took a trip Babies 'R Us to exchange an item we received from the shower, and then took a quick trip to the hospital. Terry was Noah's nurse again, and she asked me if I wanted to help change the diaper and take the temperature, etc. By now, I'm pretty much a pro at this (lol, yea right!). Noah hates for his temperature to be taken, and always moves around when I take it, but i've gotten better at realizing that he will not break, and that it's ok for me to hold on to his arm while I take the temperature (I put the thermometer under his arm).
So...today was the big day! Terry was in the middle of taking a look at Noah's IV but he was not in the right position. She had already asked Carl to hold Noah's hands while she was looking at his IV and he easily volunteered for that one! Then she asked him to pick him up, and Carl looked at me and was ready to switch placed with me so that I can pick him up and finish helping the nurse do what she was doing. I laughed! Somehow, Terry told Carl to just keep holding Noah's hands, and all of a sudden she said "just put your hand behind his head, and your other hand under his bottom" and he did. Then she said "go ahead and lift", and he did!!!! She went ahead and fixed his bed, and turned his head in the right direction, and then he had to put him back down. It was such a special moment. Ealier that day, I asked Carl when he was going to hold Noah, and he said "soon", so i guess this was the first step. Terry let him know that it's a lot easier to hold a baby when they are layng on your chest as opposed to when they are up in the air wiggling LOL. Nevertheless, it was a great experience, and now he has the picture to prove it. I love this man.
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