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NICU care

The night/morning in the NICU with baby boy has been interesting. Some of the nurses have been fantastic and others have been trash.

First nurse I met was Olivia (I know, same name as the birth mom). Ironic right? Almost as ironic as the nurse on the original floor named Crystal and the attorney lawyer named Crystal. I guess the universe is confirming it's meant to be.

Anywayssss, Olivia was so sweet. She came in frequently to check on me/baby boy. She asked questions about whether I was a new mom and then she provided extra tips and support. She was the day shift nurse so once 7pm hit, she was off duty.

Next up were 2 nurses (one regular, one training) that start with K. I didn't learn their names because they did the bare minimum and only really came in at the 3-hour cadence for his med and bottle. Another nurse who was sitting outside of our room popped in and talked about seeing him the night before. Her name was Krishna (or something like that). She snuggled him, she came by in between the 3-hour marks to give him snacks, check on us and shared some tips with me as well. So sweet and so caring for baby boy.

Then came the 5:00 move to a different room to make room for twins being born and going to the NICU. One of the K nurses and Krishna moved us over. Then came the party!

The nurses over on the other side - by our new room - knew all about baby boy from the night before. Rachel and Kindell were joking with me, talking about dance parties with baby boy and were just a joy to see in the morning hours before they left at 7am.

After that, the 7am nurse came in and she was rude af. She started barking at me (at 7am when I've had no sleep mind you) that if the baby starts to cry before his scheduled feeding, she'll get here when she gets here. She's got 3 kids (I don't know wtf that had to do with anything). But basically don't expect her to jump and I can just feed him or whatever myself. Ummm ma'am... I don't even know how much y'all are feeding him, how to put the bottle together or anything. Did you even ask if I was a 1st time mom or if this was my 1st night with him? Don't just come in assuming things and definitely don't come in barking at me. 

Meltdown ensued. 

Aside from that, baby boy is eating so good that we were able to remove the feeding tube a little while ago. Look at our little fighter :)

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