Jack's Bath

Mommy got to give Jack a bath last night. (Well help anyways :) It's been quite a while since I've bathed a baby, and never since I've bathed a baby that little. Luckily, his nurse was very patient. (Thanks Brie!) It was a little terrifying, but still really cool. We bathed him in his incubator so it was a little hard trying to work through the portholes, but I think I did an ok job. He didn't like the water so much, and if he hadn't been intubated I'm sure he would have very vocally objected. Instead he just flailed around a lot and tried to grab ahold of everything. He's got quite a strong grip for such a tiny baby. He's also working on his upper body strength by doing push ups. He is definately an active baby!

Health-wise Jack continues to improve. He is up to 2lbs 2oz and they have been weaning him down on his ventilator settings. Today they moved him down to "auto-mode" on his ventilator which means that Jack is responsible for breathing on his own and the vent only kicks in when he forgets to breathe. So far he has been tolerating it well. They also moved him up on his feeds from 16ml to 18ml.

Family-wise, we actually managed to make it back to church today. I didn't realize just how much I had missed everyone. It was really great to see everyone and be reminded of all the support that we have and all the prayers that Jack is getting.

Well, I'll go ahead and post this now so that I can head up to the hospital and see lil' man.

Post again soon,

~Jeny