Brickley holding Daddy's Finger. Though they sleep almost all the time, the boys always tend to wake up when Daddy comes around. When Mommy comes around they just continue sleeping - which is, I suppose, typical of Mommy/Daddy relationships in general. Daddies are for playtime and Mommies are for snuggling.
Oswell's Feet (that's an Oxygen Saturation Monitor strapped to his foot. It somehow tells The Machine how much Oxygen is in his bloodstream. It's one of the things that determines whether or not he needs breathing support of some kind or not. If the saturation gets a little low, The Machine starts beeping)
Brickley holding Mommy's finger. This is the arm with the PICC line - an IV- type line that runs a catheter all the way up his arm toward his heart (his veins were too fragile to tolerate regular IVs) - and thus all the tape holding things together.
Me and Brickley doing "Kangaroo Care" - a widely adopted NICU practice where the Mommy and Baby spend time skin to skin. It has been shown to help babies stabilize, grow, and develop faster, and to help Mom's establish better breastmilk supplies sooner.
This picture makes my heart want to explode :)
6 comments:
Great pics. Love seeing their/your progress.
Beautiful pictures! I love the one of baby holding a finger. They are so precious!
Oh SKYE!!!! Your babies are beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I'm so glad for the Kangaroo care, I think that is so important.
Love that last picture....so precious! Can't wait to meet those little guys!
Seeing these beautiful pictures bring back so many memories for me! The gavage (sp?) tubes and isolettes and kangaroo care -all part of MJ's first month of life too. This time will go by so quickly and before you know it those little boys will be at home with you. Then you won't be able to believe how much you actually miss the neonatologists and nurses. They become quite a support system, and then all of a sudden you find you are taking care of these tiny beings by yourself (with the help of family of course, but they don't carry). As I type this two of my children have starting screaming about somebody doing something "on purpose" and the thought of holding a tiny baby skin-to-skin again is quite appealing...hope things continue to go well. They are gorgeous.
That was actually me -Krista, not Jared.
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