Skin to Skin

Well that mobile definitely paid off. I shouldn't be surprised after being mandated by a well seasoned nurse. She knew what she was talking about. Ya I was quite amazed really how intently he watched the thing go around and around. Luckily it doesn't sound to painful either ( I have a thing with noisy toys...)Genetics didn't make it today but the occupational therapists came by and refitted Alistairs splints. They definitely put in a lot of attention to them. His middle fingers were contracted to about 90 deg and now they open about 140 deg. So definitely progress. Its like they have to stretch the skin on the palm of his hand as it grew short. Plus the knuckles are a bit stiff. They figure in a year of splints and stretching he should have regular hands. So thats a bonus. They also got talking about getting Alistair into breast feeding. So they figured a good start would be some skin to skin and an introduction to the faucet of the milk maker. I had to pump off first so I'd be "dry". Well flip! I thought I was reducing the supply .....8 bottles later or 560mls later........yes like my bud Sandra said if I were a cow they'd genetically clone me! Anyhooo Alistair seemed quite interested gumming away which is a darn good start considering the situation he's been through. So a couple times a day and he may just get the hang of it all! He had enough after 10min and then we did some skin to skin. Don't know why but the ol' tear ducts wanted to flow but I managed to hold back. Definitely another lovely moment in motherhood. He just seemed to be content using my milk jugs as pillows! lol ...
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Julie