Haha, I was thinking back to when we first found out we were pregnant, and were thrilled to find out the baby would be due on our anniversary. Rylen was born exactly on his due date, so we thought it would be a great anniversary present if this new baby was too. Little did we expect all the events that would turn out to transpire in the coming months. Never thought, that instead, I would give birth in November to three babies.
Anyways, we did end up getting a special anniversary present after all....... I got to "room in" with Garrett the night of the 25th, because the plan was to discharge him the next day!
Rooming in was fun, it was like a slumber party with my baby! Of course, I was nervous. When your baby spends alot of time in the NICU, you get addicted to the heart rate monitors and all the stuff that assures everyone that your baby is stable and breathing etc. Garrett was disconnected from all those things earlier that day so for the first time, he was 100% my responsibility to take care of! AAAA! I can't imagine what this would be like for a first time mom, because it was certainly hard for me.
But then, the need for sleep kicks in and the nervousness went out the window. The new focus was trying to get Garrett to settle so we could both get some sleep!
Around 3am I was very tempted to wheel him back out to the nurses and go home where I could sleep in peace. The kid Would. Not. Sleep. At all. Is this a genetic thing? It was all very reminiscent of Rylen's first few weeks at home (well, who are we kidding? Rylen never slept well).
Anyways, I mentioned the sleep issue to the nurses and they informed me that indeed, Garrett is a night owl requiring all kinds of cuddles during the night. And here I was thinking he was the world's most perfect sleeper, because during the daytime hours when I would be in the NICU with him, he would settle so easily between feeds. Reality check!
But despite the sleeplessness (and I'm not exaggerating...he finally fell asleep around 6:45am and my alarm went off at 8am) it was awesome. I was so excited to be a "real mom" to him.
It was also bittersweet, as I felt so sad for Rhys who seems so far behind. His infection is slowly getting better, but he will be on IV antibiotics for 10 more days, and he is ever so slowly working on increasing his feeds. It will for sure be several weeks before he gets to go home (maybe by then he will be sleeping through the night? hahaha! Wishful thinking!)
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| Rooming in with Garrett. They set up a cot for me in the isolation room right in the NICU. |
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| Our five year annivesary picture! |
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