Niamh was wonderful today! She is on gravity feeds now, this means instead of a drip feed over an hour, she will have 9mls straight away directly through her tube. This way, she will get to feel what it is like to be full and empty. I gave her a dummy to suck while she did it to try and get her to associate the feeling of being full with sucking. She seemed to like sucking!
I got another cuddle which was really nice! Also went to an information session on how to care for our babies whilst in the NICU. It was really informative and it was good to hear other parents views and opinions. One of the things was looking for cues that your baby is stressed. Niamh seems pretty happy really, I havent seen her do too many stressful moves. She is always very content to be cuddled which is great. Premies don't like to be stroked though, just firm holds are good. They also like to be wrapped which is something that I think Niamh will like although judging by her behaviour and favourite positions I think she will be a houdini like her brother!
She is really starting to look like Bailey as a baby! Anthony noticed it last night and I saw a glimpse of him today around the eyes and of course the nose lol!
For those that have asked, Anthony still seems to have his ear infection, he doesn't have much hearing in his left ear and has started a second course of antibiotics.
Baileys head is ok, just quite bruised although I had to put butterfly strips on it today as he had picked off the glue and it was a bit gapey! Hmm, doesn't sound fine does it lol! He has been very cute today, we had a mini photoshoot in the park He kept jumping on me and kissing me so I took quite a few of that :)
I got another cuddle which was really nice! Also went to an information session on how to care for our babies whilst in the NICU. It was really informative and it was good to hear other parents views and opinions. One of the things was looking for cues that your baby is stressed. Niamh seems pretty happy really, I havent seen her do too many stressful moves. She is always very content to be cuddled which is great. Premies don't like to be stroked though, just firm holds are good. They also like to be wrapped which is something that I think Niamh will like although judging by her behaviour and favourite positions I think she will be a houdini like her brother!
She is really starting to look like Bailey as a baby! Anthony noticed it last night and I saw a glimpse of him today around the eyes and of course the nose lol!
For those that have asked, Anthony still seems to have his ear infection, he doesn't have much hearing in his left ear and has started a second course of antibiotics.
Baileys head is ok, just quite bruised although I had to put butterfly strips on it today as he had picked off the glue and it was a bit gapey! Hmm, doesn't sound fine does it lol! He has been very cute today, we had a mini photoshoot in the park He kept jumping on me and kissing me so I took quite a few of that :)
One of our favourite nurses was looking after Niamh today, she is so lovely. She has said that she will make us a curry one day (maybe Saturday) which is so special. What a nice thing to do!
2 comments:
hi Siobhan
Love the photo's, the top one you could just put words in her mouth and it even look like see is given us a little wave...The photo's of Bailey are just sooo cute....I'm the one that has a Bailey too and bailey's are never stop kids...
I hope niamh is going well with the feeds and is loving the feeling of feeling full....
Enjoy the curry
Lots of Anna
Hi Bon,
Can't believe Niamh is 2 months already, how quickly time is flying! Not long to go now till her due date!! Wow at the weight gain, she is doing so well, I love reading her milestones ;-)
Gorgeous pics too, she is looking sooooooooooooooo cute It looks like our itty bitty is becoming quite famous, having her pic put up in the hospital hall and everything. What a fab thing to show her when she is old enough to understand.
Anyway, just popping in to say hello ;-) its been awhile, but I have been reading.
cheers,
Leoni
xxxx
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