Day #32 Shower tomorrow

The shower is tomorrow and as of right now I am exhausted. I hope that I will wake up with a ton of energy. I guess that I am having a touch of PPD (postpartum depression) I feel frustrated, tired, wore out, sad, and BBLLAAHH!!! I just want to sleep, sleep and oh did I say sleep. Okay, that is exactly what I am going to do...I am going to bed and hopefully, I will wake up renewed and refreshed. BTW, Trey is doing great as usual. The are referring to him as a "feeder and grower" Basically, that means what it says. That all they are really doing is feeding him and watching him grow..Besides the O2 they aren't doing much else. Oh, I got this from a friend and it speak volumes of what it is to be a preemie mom.

You know you're a preemie parent when...
If this list looks familiar, you might be a parent of a preemie baby! We have to laugh about it to keep our sanity! :)

You know you're a preemie parent when...

*You measure everything in ML's and grams

*You can change your baby's diaper with one hand

*In the course of the same day, you have wanted to slap and bear hug the same NICU nurse

*You have gotten a rash on your hands from washing with hot water and the NICU soap... eight times in one day

*Your baby has ever outgrown an outfit... while s/he was wearing it.

*You could drive the route from your house to the hospital in your sleep... and maybe you have.

*You can't remember what you talked about before feeding schedules, diapers, and growth charts.

*You're more interested in your baby's diaper than the State of the Union

*When someone offers you their hand to shake, you think twice, envisioning the germs that you might take home from them

*The sound of your baby crying is beautiful, not annoying.

*While everyone else coos, "He's so tiny!" their six-pound baby looks huge to you.

*Your heart almost bursts with love at least once a day

*You not only know what "bilirubin" is, you have had several extensive conversations about it.

*You never knew how grateful you could feel that your baby has gained an ounce.

*You know where all the vending machines are on your floor of the hospital... and which ones have the good snacks.

*The security guard at the front door of the hospital just waves you in when he sees you.

*You are grateful for the smallest things now -- a shower, clean socks, a meal that you didn't have to cook, a friend who has a whole conversation with you without offering you any useless advice.

*When someone asks you what scent you're wearing, you say "Germ-X" without batting an eye.

*Your baby's first diaper is really a maxipad that says Pampers and has tiny tabs on it.

*The first time you changed your baby's diaper you had to wonder where his butt was.