Skin to Skin

Now when we first had Elizabeth they kept telling us how important skin to skin time is, especially for NICU babies. Important as it was though, it kept getting put off when her stomach problems started, persisted, and then put her in surgery. Well, today Justin suggested going in to pump there for our next session and I almost didn't because it's a lot more complicated doing it there. Thank goodness I opted to go anyway because when we got there and explained we wanted to pump bedside to help motivate me, I got a very fussy baby put on my chest where she immediately calmed and went to sleep. I was trying so hard not to cry too much from being so happy because I didn't want to jostle her. But the feeling was like no other.

Daddy got a turn while I pumped.

She does still have some jaundice but thankfully it was low enough that they could use this blanket version of the lights so she could be swaddled which always helps. She became our little glow-worm, glow-stick baby, or as Justin calls her, our blue blanket burrito baby. 

And if you notice one more thing, she has a binkie in her mouth. Blue blanket binkie burrito baby! This makes us happy by the way because a week ago (HAPPY ONE WEEK LIZZY!) she would gladly take a binkie, she loves it, but then her primitive brain would forget to tell her to breathe at the same time and her oxygen would dip. Well, we watched that screen with her nurse for quite awhile and she seems to have finally figured it out. Yay! So much happiness today!