Jan 19: Leo gets a crib 32+3 ga or 6 weeks old

Jan 19 was the first day I held Leo while I was standing up.  Before that I always sat in the chair and waited for the nurses to place him on my chest.  It was usually a team of two nurses to make sure he and his collection of tubes and wires were handled correctly.  Now that he's on the lower oxygen support with the nasal cannula and in a crib, we are allowed to pick him up any time we want without assistance.

Talking about and trying to remember milestones for Leo can be hard.  I switch back and forth from gestational age/ adjusted age to his actual age.  Leo's gestational age (ga) was 32 weeks + 3 days (32+3) and his actual age was 6 weeks old when he got his crib.  How was that only 6 weeks from birth to crib milestone? Thinking back it felt like a tremendous amount of time.  It's taken me so long to post, he's now 11 weeks old.  He's already passed another huge span.

These 5 weeks in a crib are part of the change.  Now that we interact with him more like a typical baby, my mind's vice like grip on his gestational age is fading.  I sometimes think of his actual age, or more often I forget everything.  I realized after the fact, I wasn't at the hospital when Leo turned 1 month old.  I didn't commemorate his 1 month with a picture.  I took that day off instead, not thinking about the date.  I thought it was just due to fatigue, but a nurse reminded me that it is also a normal part of being a second child.  Not every milestone gets marked quite like with your first child.  I also wasn't with Leo the day he turned 2 months old.  Max and I went ice skating with friends instead and had a great day.