Little Kite Girl

Here we are, NICU day five.  The last few days have brought me highs and lows, and I hope to be able to share my thoughts about pumping, breastfeeding a baby in the NICU, leaving my baby at the hospital, all the little things he does and has done, and all my feelings about everything soon- but no time quite yet.  I just finished my 4:30am pumping and am now force feeding myself some oatmeal in preparation for going to the NICU- today we’re going to try and breastfeed.  We started yesterday, and Camper is a super champ.  Now all we need is my milk.  I’m still producing colostrum, more and more every day, but we’re still waiting for the main event.  Pray it comes in so we can start feeding him in earnest, no tubes, no pumping, and that’ll help us bring him home   Thanks for everyone who is calling and saying hi or checking in.  I WILL get back to you one of these days, but right now all I can do is think about my baby.  Say a prayer for us that day 5 turns into day 7 fast, and that we can introduce Camper to his home happy and healthy and soon.