Momma knows best!

Before becoming pregnant (even during pregnancy) I was always nervous about the idea of motherhood....how was I supposed to know what to do? How would I know when my baby needs something? But, it really is true that somehow moms pretty much always know what is going to work.


After Ethan was done up today he was moved to his left side, which seems to be his least favourite side since we've been here. He squirmed for a bit, I got the nurse to suction his mouth a second time, and I told her I thought he'd settle down. She wasn't so sure and was watching him in preparation of giving him more sedative and sure enough...he settled into a comfy spot after I pulled his blanket up to cover his shoulder and he's been sleeping quietly ever since, without any extra sedative.


Another time he settled after I asked the nurse to draw back on Ethan's NG because I thought he was fussing from having air in his tummy....they always tell me the straight drain should get the air out, but every time they are able to get extra air out with a syringe and then he's fine.


Before the surgery, when we were on the other ward, Ethan was sneezing and rubbing his nose for a while and normally he didn't really fuss with the NG tube. So I said to our nurse, Tim, that I think we need to take the tape off Ethan's nose so we can clean the 'boogies' off his tube. Tim looked at me and said, "I guess we can do that"...it's a bit of a process to get a piece of tape off a squirming baby's nose so he wasn't super keen on the idea, but he was appeasing me. And guess what? there were tons of boogies in there! And when Tim saw that he said, "well, I guess you were right Mom!"......of course I was :)