Saturday, October 4, 2008

Parents in training


After Maya passed the car seat test we got booked for a night in one of the little apartments they have in the hospital. Here you get to practice for one night before you take your little baby home with the comfort of doctors and nurses just two doors away.

Our stay-over got moved from Thursday night to Friday night due to some test results that took longer than anticipated. Friday night came along and we settled into the room.

Had to get help at 11pm to burp Maya. The pro nurse got her to burp after 20 min of rubbing and patting the back. Neither Cindy or I slept much during the night. We took turns feeding, changing diapers, taking the temperature etc.

The delayed test results were due Saturday morning and the anticipation kept us on edge all night making it hard to sleep. If she didn't pass we would not be able to take her home and it would probably mean a much longer stay in the NICU. After a morning walk around the hospital for nervous dad, cool mom called and said we were allowed to take her home :D Talk about two happy parents!!


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