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On Caring for Grandpa and Baby

Submitted by kim on Thu, 02/20/2014 - 22:02 in Adoption, Character Building, Homemaking

Grandpa visiting Nathaniel at the hospital in August, 2013

Day Three: A Plan for the Weekend

Submitted by kim on Thu, 02/20/2014 - 21:14 in Adoption, Nathaniel's Story

We had been at the hospital for forty-eight hours when a nurse stopped me in the hall. "Kim," he said, "Can I talk to you?" I was returning from the vending machine having taken a moment away from the crib side. One of my first moments away.

I immediately assumed the worse. "No, the baby is fine," he said. "I'm the charge nurse on the floor tonight and I wanted to share an idea with you."

Day Two: Admitted to the Hospital

Submitted by kim on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 09:35 in Nathaniel's Story

Have you read Our Baby's First Night?

Starting there will explain why we were in an ambulance headed to the hospital.

The ambulance man in the white shirt asked me to promise one thing as we entered the emergency room garage - that I not take the baby home again until the nursing agency found a new night nurse. I promised. Then back doors opened and hospital fluorescent flooded what had become a calm space.

"Are you Mom?" someone asked.

Day One: Welcome Home

Submitted by kim on Tue, 02/18/2014 - 12:34 in Adoption, Nathaniel's Story

We welcomed Nathaniel home on July 31, 2013. In the chaos of putting away medical supplies and settling in with his private duty nurse, I forgot to take photos. I have a few of the brothers loving him on the couch. One of the new proud father.

Looking at the photos now, I remember being scared. He was here. I was mom. Everything I had learned during our three week transition from his foster family to our family had built up to this moment. Were we ready for our first night?