“…for the troubles we see will soon be over; but the joys to come will last forever” 2 Corinthians 4:18
(inspired by a friends FB status)
I can’t believe it’s been four full weeks since my tiny baby girl was born. I feel like we are in a time warp, some days fly by and other times it feels like time is standing still and it’s such a long time till we get to bring her home.
She made some great strides this week. She made it to 2lbs and exceeded that to a big 2lbs2oz. Way to grow, Sweet pea! We got upgraded to the “glass rooms” yesterday. This means we were the strongest in the front room but now we are the little fish in the bigger baby pond. Our new room has less privacy, it’s a lot louder and much brighter. Sofie wasn’t a big fan on her first day in here yesterday but she’s adjusting little by little. A stressed out micro-preemie means more times they forget to breath or keep that heart rate up. Sometimes it means more time awake which leads to burning more calories and a lack or drop in weight gain. Her adjustment period is still in the works.
We still have our daily battles anyhow with oxygen desaturations, Brady’s and apnea spells and our newest issue is reflux…which causes all of the above, fantastic. It makes snuggle times during feedings quite the adventure when she has a big Brady while laying with me, it’s almost enough for me to need an oxygen mask myself from not breathing as I rub her back to get that tiny heart beating again and convincing her taking a big deep breath is a good thing. I’m destined for a few new grey hair by the end of this story, I’m sure.
But with all of the not so typical baby issues there are the very typical baby things. She’s already a total paci addict! She loves to just lay there, sucking on her paci and looking around. Oh, and don’t think tiny baby, easy diapers! No, no, that’s so not the case. Blow outs are not just for full term Mommas. Preemies have blow outs too! Big, stinky diapers are a Mommy rite of passage no matter how big or small our little miracles are.
She is so adorable, I can't handle it. It's great to hear she is doing so well! All of the January Bumpies are still thinking about you guys – give all our love to little Sofia. Happy 4 weeks!!
– Maggie
(wakeupmaggie on TB)