First of all, did you know that there aren't any nurses here? They sent me home alone! With just my parents! Are they insane? Daniel is used to lots of people to visit with and hold him and tell him how handsome he is. Now there's just Momma and Daddy. They're nice and all, and I love them a lot, but where did all of my people go? Where are my favorite nurses? Where are the people who snuggle me all night long?? Remind me to file a complaint about this.
Also, the service here leaves a little to be desired. Now, don't get me wrong, Momma and Daddy are taking pretty good care of me. But I kind of think that they're just making it up as they go. For one thing, my diapers. Now I don't think I ask for very much in this world, but a clean diaper is one of them. A clean diaper makes it easier to think about your day. Momma and Daddy don't have the same diapers they had in the NICU, they have diapers that are like my clothes. Momma calls them cloth diapers. And while I admit, they are nice and soft on my tushy, they get wet awful fast when I pee. Momma says I wear these because they have less chemicals in them. All I know is that I apparently have to tell her when I pee or my tushy gets wet! She's prompt with a new diaper, but I really wish she'd figure out when I pee so she could change it without me having to tell her about it. Have you ever had a wet tushy? It's mortifying!
Also, in the NICU I got all of my bottles right on schedule. Momma would come and nurse me in between bottles, but those nurses ran a tight ship. I always knew exactly what time it was based on when my bottles were served. Now that we're home Momma has this crazy idea to try to nurse me all the time. I only get four bottles a day! The rest of the time I have to work for it. Is she trying to starve me? I mean, I like the snuggles, and she keeps telling me how healthy it is for me to nurse, and that breast milk does taste better. But I miss the days when I could just lay back and have a warm bottle brought to me.
Bedtime is another issue. Now, in the NICU when I went to bed I had people check on me all night long. They would come and play with me, and sing me songs, and snuggle with me. Now when it's bedtime they put me in my crib and just lay down. That's it. No games, no snuggles, I'm just supposed to lie there. Where's the fun in that? What if I'm not tired? My crib is attached to Momma and Daddys bed, so it's easy for them to pick me up when I start crying. I just wish they'd get some better entertainment. They did start making this funny sound lately. It comes from a box by my head. Momma says it sounds like the ocean, whatever that is. It's very relaxing, and Daniel likes to relax. Sometimes I fall right to sleep after nursing and snuggling with Momma and listening to the ocean. But not all the time. I don't want them to get too used to that.
One of the nice things at Home are Walks. Sometimes we all go on a Walk together. That's when they put me in this moving chair called a stroller, and we go outside where it's bright and smells nice. We go up and down hills and all around. It's lots of fun. I wish Daddy would go faster though. We go up these huge, giant hills that would be perfect for going really fast, but nope. We go down at the same pace. Sometimes Momma carries me in her clothes. She calls it a sling. I like it because I get to see different stuff. It's very bouncy, this walking business. But fun.
I still see some of my old Drs from the NICU, and some new ones. First I met Dr Q. She's a really nice lady. Her hands were nice and warm when she touched my belly. Daniel liked that. She said I was very handsome, and of course she's right. I get to see her again next week.
Then I saw my old nemesis, Dr K. He's my eye Dr. He squirted funny stuff in my eyes again and held me down while he looked in them. I tried to pee on him, but I couldn't with all my clothes on. He says my eyes look good and that's a good thing. Plus, he's right. I do have very pretty eyes.
I get pretty crabby in the evenings. Momma holds me and bounces me a lot. Today she put me in this funny thing called a swing. It was so much fun! I went back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth. Then I fell asleep so I don't remember what I did after that. But I liked it. Some nights when I'm really cranky we go for a car ride. I like to ride in the car it's very relaxing. We never seem to go anywhere though, we just drive around and around.
Hopefully I'll get them on a better schedule next week. I don't know what those nurses were thinking when they sent me home alone like this. They seem to train pretty easily, so that's a good sign.
- Dan
It sounds like you're doing a great job training your parents Daniel! I know it's a lot of work, but they seem to be quick studies and you've gotten them to do so many fun tricks for you already. : ) You'll have to work on the downhill stroller ride trick with them, parents can be so boring sometimes. ; )
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