* Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein were all preemies? As was Mark Twain. I wonder who Jayden will be and what his impact on this world will be. Whoever he is and what ever he does I will love him unconditionally.
* Preemies are at much higher risk for RSV, especially during the winter months.
* There have been over 750 cases of whooping cough in Colorado so far this year. Compared to the yearly average of 150. I am asking everyone who comes in prolonged contact with Jayden to have had the pertussis vaccine. As a preemie he is at a much greater risk to contract this preventable disease. Babies do not get their vaccines until 8 weeks.
Jayden has made great progress this week. On Monday he finished his first bottle. Since then he has worked his way up to getting bottles every other feeding. The last day or so he has finished most of those. Sometimes he is too sleepy to get one, but it depends on the nurse as to whether they will attempt to give him a bottle if he is not wide awake. One of my favorite nurses gives it to him anyways and even though he is apparently sleepy, he actually eats and finishes it. I also had to fight to get them to let me feed him while not being swaddled. I found that if he was swaddled, he would completely fall asleep and not finish his bottle. They say he needs to be swaddled to keep him coordinated enough to suck, swallow, and breath. He does just fine not swaddled AND he finishes his bottle.
The NICU nurses are amazing, but each nurse has a different way of doing things and once I get used to one way of doing things, another nurse comes on shift and tells me to do things another way. I can't wait to get him home so I can do things the way I want to do them. I can't wait to be able to hold him when I want to, change him when I want to (more like when he needs it), bathe him when I want to (or when he needs it), and dress him in any type of clothes I wish. I can't wait to use all the cool things like the swing, bouncy seat, and play mat, that we have for him. I hope that day is coming soon where we can take him home. The doctors and nurses will only say his due date. They won't tell us anything else until a day or two before he is set to be discharged. I just really hope he takes all of his feedings soon. I want him home.
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