Last night and today brought some exciting firsts. Last night, I heard Sam cry for the first time. He was miffed to be getting his diaper changed and had to let us know it. Hearing him just made my heart puff up with happiness and my eyes puff up with tears. It was the cutest little cry I'd ever heard.
Today, the nurse let me take Jr.'s temperature under his arm. Then the fun part came. I got to change his diaper! As soon as I got the dirty diaper off, what did he do? He peed on me!!! He is a boy through and through. Couldn't help but laugh :) He also expressed his discontent by crying some more. I wish I'd been able to record that sweet sound.
The nurse practitioner we really like was there this afternoon. She always gives us such detailed information on his condition. She said they all continue to be impressed with how well he's doing and how much better shape he is in than other preemies his age. She said most moms of 24-25 weekers usually only get one steroid shot for the lungs or don't get one at all. The fact that I got both and had a full 29 hours after the second shot, could have played a huge part. That's not to say he has rock star lungs. He still has his struggles, but things could be so much worse. For that, we are so very grateful.
I tried to sing At Last to Samuel today. I always get choked up by the 2nd verse. I'll need to work on that :)
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