Clean and Cool

Tonight Kathy was taking care of Henry. She works one 12 hour shift a week and tonight was it. Holly does as well and she was on tonight but had another baby to take care of. That didn't stop her from bringing in some little sunglasses for Henry which made for some cute pictures. He's ready to leave the NICU and hit the beach!

Henry weighed 1890 grams tonight. That is up 5 grams from last night. He seems to grow in spurts so we have to wait and watch for a big gain. It's hard to remember that it is best to watch his progress over a week rather than night to night.

We gave Henry a bath tonight. He has come down with cradle cap which is a condition that causes irritation to the skin on the head. We'll have to treat it with baby oil and scrubbing but it can be hard to get rid of. Tonight we didn't have baby oil so we just did some scrubbing. He loves to have his "hair" washed. He seems to have taken after me in the follicle arena which means they are few and far between. He enjoyed sitting in the bathtub as well until we started scrubbing him. Overall he took it well and maintained his temperature.

After the bath he was pretty relaxed. He was too relaxed to bother with breast feeding so he got his food through the tube. He lay on Kate's chest and slept most of the evening until we left.