another reason I’m glad I had this man’s baby
When Albie has his surgery at the end of this month, he will be given Tylenol with codeine for pain. Since our initial introduction of solids was a digestive disaster, he is exclusively breastfeeding again. And I’m going to keep it that way until after the codeine because the last thing I want to deal with is a constipated, cranky, catheterized baby. Oh, and there’s also that advantage of less pooping too, which means less poop interfering with his bandages, etc. But this is all totally not what I sat down to write. Jeesh. I am so easily distracted.
So, he will be given codeine. Which concerns me just a little because he has recently taken to sleeping on his stomach. Which of course, being a new mother, freaked me out at first until all of the wise mamas I know said that if he can roll himself there, he can move himself if he can’t breathe. I expressed concern to my husband that maybe the codeine would make him so sleepy that he wouldn’t roll back or move his face or whatever he needed to do if he was having a hard time breathing.
My husband said, matter-of-factly, that one of us would just have to stay up and keep an eye on him and that we could take turns or that if I was too tired he would do it regardless of what time he had to work the next day (which is sometimes as early as 4 a.m.). I inquired as to whether or not he thought this should be done for the entire time that the boy will be consuming opiates. He said yes.
And he was serious.
Bless his heart.
I love him so.
you all are such awesome parents…and that little munchin boy…um…I am in LOVE. Blessings and lightness around him while he gets his surgery.
mb
Comment by mb — August 14, 2007 @ 2:28 pm