28th December 2008

Yay I finally got a cuddle today. Our baby is at 1160gms our little fatty. She was a bit smelly today so I gave her a bit of a sponge wash and put some vitamin k on her. While I was holding her I rubbed some alpha keri oil on her hands, arms and chest. She quite enjoyed that. The nurses said it’s good for us to do that so she can relax and it’s good for the parents and babies to bond. A couple of the nurses that haven’t seen her for a while came in to have a look at her. The couldn’t believe how much she has grown. People don’t understand where we have come from and just how little and fragile she was when she was born. If you pick up a normal ball point pen and look at that, that is exactly how small she was. We still have such a long road ahead of us and we are definitely not out of the danger zone with her. They are still sorting out her bowel and we have to make sure her heart is okay. There is also some concern noted about her having an x-ray due to short limbs. We will wait and see what the doctors say about that.