Friday June 13, 2008

Not many new moms and dads get the opportunity to go to the gym in the morning, take a nap with their kids in the afternoon, and stroll along the river at night. So, I guess in some ways we are like Hollywood parents who have really expensive nanny service! It does make for a nice summer Friday under the circumstances.

Evie and Dad had a nice nap and slept quite soundly. Little Maggie has turned into quite the squirmer. She moved around a lot during kangaroo time and even randomly cried a few times (very short, but crying nonetheless). Once I think she cried because it was pretty loud in the room, but the other ones seemed to be just because she woke up – hmm, guess that’s what babies do. Again, Maggie’s orders are to grow and Evie got to decrease her O2 pressure to 5. Her oxygen needs have been down a bit – if she would stop being such an oxygen hog, they might get to move her to a nasal cannula. But she has to get those lungs working better. They did have to replace her CPAP nose prongs with slightly wider ones so that the air doesn’t leak around them. I’m not a big fan because her poor little nose gets squished and irritated. The nurses say that it doesn’t do permanent damage, and I suppose I will believe them considering how many babies they deal with.