Bonding with mom

I went back to visit Ethan after dinner at the Ronald McDonald House. A family friend, Shannon, was his nurse for the second night in a row! All the nurses have been great to work with, but it's especially great to be able to sleep at night knowing that we have personal friend looking after our little Ethan. I sat in his room for about an hour just watching him sleep. When he woke up, Shannon offered to let me hold him! I got situated in the rocking chair and she passed him to me. We spent about the next two hours together with me rocking him, singing lullabies to him, and giving him a bottle of breastmilk. I thought that getting the chest tubes and ventilator out was a major accomplishment for the day, but getting to hold him definitely was the highlight! He's been pretty gassy all afternoon and he finally had two stinky diapers while I held him and the nurses even "let" me change them. I was tired after dinner and debated on whether or not to even go see him again tonight, but I'm glad I did! God knew that I needed to be there so I could get that special mommy-son bonding time.


Below are some pictures from the day. There is a before and after shot of his chest tubes and ventilator and also proof of me getting to hold and feed him! Enjoy!