3 weeks after Henry’s lip/nose/gum repair surgery he had nose stents placed. This is the most aggravating things we have had to deal with so far. The nose stents are put into place to shape and open up the inside of the nose and keep scar tissue from blocking the nasal passage. Some surgeons or cleft teams don’t use them,…
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Are you excited!? That was one of the first things people would ask me when I mentioned that Henry’s surgery was coming up. How do I answer…am I excited about no more NAM and taping everyday? Yes. Am I excited that my son will be put through a 7.5 hour surgery, have a “three” week recovery period with no bottle,…
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When Henry was born he was taken to the Nursery for monitoring because his heart rate would speed up and then drop. We were told by our cleft team that many hospitals would always just take cleft babies into the NICU. The cleft team was very adamant that if the only reason the baby was taken into the NICU was…
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At my routine 36 week appointment with my doctor she decided to break the news that I was 2cm dilated and 50% effaced. Henry was definitely not going to make to my due date of October 22nd. He would come anytime… Of course this was the “Oh shit this is real” moment for me! So I called the hubby and…
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As I sit here, our little Henry just fell back asleep in his swing after pulling out his NAM (nasal alveolar molding) and now I am getting new tape, rubber bands and glue together so when he wakes up I can put it back in. It’s also my birthday, and about 6 weeks before his first surgery to repair his lip,nose and…
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So our little Henry is now 12 weeks old and I am finally getting around to writing a new post! I am totally in love with our new little man and I am also in love with his room. We choose to have his room the biggest, besides the master because since he was the oldest he would have…
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I love natural elements, anyone will tell you that I’m obsessed with rocks and anything nature. So for our little Henry’s nursery I wanted to add some of these elements and here is what I came up with. I am in absolute love with these. They are my favorite things in the nursery! So here’s how I did it:…
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