Tueday, 5/17

So I think we'll just float home tonight. It has been such a good day, the best in a long, long time. We all needed this today but no one more than our little man. Our day started with a long cuddle session. I held Dinky for about an hour and a half and then Martin held him for the first time! He held him for an hour and a half, too. I tried not to hover too much but the nurse did put me in "time out" a few times :) It was such a special morning. After that we had "pacifier training". In the NICU pacifiers, or "Binkys" become more vital because it's important that babies be able to comfort themselves and it also helps develop the sucking reflex. For Dinky it's especially important because after having a tube in his mouth all of this time we are trying to avoid him having an oral aversion. He can't hold it in his mouth alone yet but he'll get there. So basically we've just spent the day gazing at each other and enjoying this respite. It really felt like we were just spending the day with our baby. Not our sick baby, our baby. That feels really, really good.