Day #14 2 Weeks old today

YEAH!!!! we made it Trey is 2 weeks old today. I can't tell you how excited I am that we have made it this far. Trey's gestational age is 29 weeks 3 days. This is very important for several reasons. The first being that several milestones he still has to cross come at certain gestational weeks. For example, the suck swallow breath reflex comes between 30-33 gestational weeks. There are other milestone will be weight at 1500 grams most babies can regulate their temperature.

Today, Chris was out of town for work so his mom came over and took me to the hospital. I know Chris felt bad this was his first time way from me or the baby since all this started. When I got to the hospital the nurse asked me if I wanted to do skin-to-skin with Trey. She thought that he really needed it...Truth be told...so did I. She told me that mothers have an innate ability to regulate there temperature to the baby. So, if he needs to be warmer then my body will warm up and the same goes for if he needs to be cooler. So, I got to hold him for an entire hour. I love feeling him breath and coo next to my skin. I love the way he smells and the feeling of his soft skin. Believe it or not his poo smell doesn't even bother me. So, here are some pictures of our 2week milestone. Oh, and some pictures of him snuggling with his Angel blanket. Chris and I both have one we sleep with it for 3-4 days and then put it in his isolett so that he can feel like we are always with him.