It's a Bib-tastic World!!

If you have ever been to my house and caught us off guard, you will see that we have a ton of bibs! And they are every where! I think Diane (Hailey's Nana) counted our bibs one day (she is nice enough to do Hailey's laundry sometimes if we bring it over. Thanks Nana!) and was laughing at how many we had. And that wasn't all of them!

I received tons of bibs at the baby showers for Hailey and continued to buy more afterwards. I bought a few packs at work and even bought more from Santa. Hailey almost always has a bib on. When I pack her diaper bag, I always include several bibs, even if it's just for a day or a single outing.

The joys of having a baby with reflux! And the funny part is that she doesn't spit up nearly as much as a typical reflux baby (cue in silent reflux).

Just to prove this, I'd thought I would dig up some pics I took of her where she is wearing a bib. Usually when I get the candid, spur of the moment shots she has her bib on. If I am purposely posing her I make a point to take it off.

Cute in the bumbo (Bib)
Playing with mommy (bib)

Oooo pretty camera phone (bib)

I am almost naked!! (except for the bib)

Santa Froggie is my new friend (think he likes the bib?)

Interesting part is that whenever I would see a baby with a bib on when they were not eating I would think to myself why they still had the bib. It's covering their cute outfit after all! Gee, how naive you can be before you have kids!

So we are a proud bib wearing, spit up toting family! Bring on the bibs! (Don't forget a few burp rags too!)

I Pink Puffy Heart Video Monitors

I always thought video monitors were so cool but it wasn't that important for me to have one. I didn't register for one because I felt weird asking for something that cost so much. After all, it's just a luxury not a necessity.

My Mom gave us one and today is the first day we hooked it up. This thing is amazing!! It has night vision too so I can see her clearly as she sleeps in her crib anytime. Why didn't I make Randy hook this up sooner? I am going to be completely addicted to this thing!

Thanks Mom! =)

First Day Back at Work

So it went okay. Work is drama (joys of being in HR). People just cannot behave themselves and welcome me back into a drama-free workplace! *sigh* Good thing I love most of the people I work with!

Of course it's only been one day so I don't feel like I haven't seen Hailey for a long time. She was a sleepy girl so she didn't give Grandma Wiesman too much trouble!

I won't have another day off until Wednesday of next week. Another *sigh*

Waiting for that moment

We are waiting for that moment. That moment the doctors and nurses keep talking about. The moment when Hailey suddenly decides she's ready to eat completely from a bottle. That overnight improvement. I thought that moment had come but then she took a giant step back. "It's normal for preemies" they tell me. That doesn't give me much comfort when I thought she was so close I could taste it.

If only you can reason with an infant, we could explain it to her. She pulls out her feeding tube all the time. It's a running joke with the nurses. She's actually known for it and each new nurse is warned. I joke with the nurses that when she is smiling in her sleep she is plotting her next tube removal. If only she knew, eat from the bottle and it will be removed forever.

That moment will come when she's ready. When she's ready...... that's when she will come home. The doctors can't predict it and neither can the nurses. I can't even predict it. I have no idea when her moment will come. She can be so unpredictable and inconsistent that it's hard to tell. I guess she inherited both of Randy and my stubbornness.

Although, I think back to my pregnancy and I realized something. Whenever the day came for the new week to start (I called this ticker change day), I would suddenly see something new. As soon as I would hit another week pregnant, she would change, improve, move along to the next thing she's suppose to according to the books. So if this eating coordination doesn't usually develop until the 37th week of gestation then maybe she has another week. I remember saying earlier I predicted her coming the 15 or 17th of September. Even though I thought I meant the day she is born, maybe what I really meant (without realizing it) is that is when she'll come home. I don't know, just a random thought.

Staying positive is important right now and staying optimistic. I am trying my best for it to show through and not be overcome by something else. I apologize if this blog post seems like a downer, it's not meant to be. I am just using this blog as an outlet for random thoughts as well as Hailey updates and so forth. Sometimes writing everything out is therapeutic in itself.

Okay, random thoughts post is now over! =)