Dirty nappies and sick

Today saw Thomas' first yucky nappy!! One of many to come but still a landmark in Thomas' short life. He is now being fed 7ml of milk every two hours through a tube directly into his tummy but being a bit grouchy this morning after having his nappy changed he decided to vomit up his milk. It was a scary few minutes for mum since he managed to pull out his feeding tube and lose half of his sticky pads that monitor his vital signs which set off all the alarms around his incubator. Happily after a few minutes he calmed down enough for Debbie (his nurse) to take of his C-PAP and let him breathe for himself. For those of you wondering what a C-PAP is it's a mask that sits over the nose and blows air gently into the lungs helping babies with their breathing until their lungs are strong enough to do it on their own.

Dad went back to work today but was able to say a quick hello when he dropped of mum at the hospital this morning. Mum spends all morning at the hospital and dad picks her up at around 12pm. Then both of them come back around 5pm for another couple of hours with Thomas. It's always very hard to leave Thomas in the evening but the doctors and nurses looking after him are absolutely amazing and so caring that we know he's in good hands.