Braden started wearing clothes last night and he is already making fashion statements in the NICU. He has several preemie outfits (thank you Gammy and Aunt Kelly) and even though they swallow him, he looks darn cute and given he just hit 3 lbs he will hopefully grow into them. The doctors are allowing clothing and blanket swaddling because his IV was removed and he needs to start to learn how to regulate his body temperature, which can take weeks to master and is a critical check box before babies leave the NICU. They do this by putting them in clothes just as they would wear outside the isolette and weening the temperature inside down more and more until it is off and he is in room air temperature without the support of the warming isolette.
Below are a few pics where daddy tried to catch his best angle... as you can see Braden loves to try to pull his cannula out of his nose and frankly he had enough of the daddy paparazzi by the 10th picture :)
Look at my cutie little man. You guys got to play dress up today and I love it!! Gammy did great.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha....this is sooooo cute. He's already so accustomed to having his picture taken...the celebrity instincts are playing out. = ) ~Kathryn
ReplyDeleteThose are great pics! It's got to be awesome to see him growing & developing right before your eyes. Love you guys! ~Jenni D.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe those outfits were so big!! Yet soooo exciting to see him sporting some of his new "digs." Thanks for the pics.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Gammy
He's so stylish and already knows he's a celebrity. That is a pro "no photos please" move. Watch out, Hollywood!
ReplyDeleteActually what he needs now is an Aggie/Longhorn outfit to match the hat the nurse made for him. I know you are but you two take care of each other, okay?
ReplyDeleteHe's so precious. I never would have figured that wearing clothes would help him grow!! What great news!
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