Mar
13
Bellwether?
It has been a week free of fresh disasters, and so the plan is to try extubating to CPAP this afternoon. Again.
Simone wasn’t wild about the process last time, and I have been trying to explain to her about Choosing Your Battles.
After finding her sound asleep in the following pose, I am not sure the message is getting through:
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Look how advanced she is already! She’ll be throwing gang signs any day now.
Thank you for the laugh, Simone. May you give your mom and the wide world many, many more (laughs, not “fingers”)
I love that baby! Rock on Simone…
She’s a feisty cutie pie! Go Simone!
How utterly cute. Is it possible Nurse Culvert passed back by Simone’s isolette? A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.
I think she’s requesting 5 more minutes.
Don’t ya think it’s that “f*ck you” attitude that has been the secret of her success? Go, Simone!
Oh, look at that squooshy baby ear. So freaking cute.
Awesome. Just awesome.
She is warning them in advance. I hope today goes well.
I would expect nothing less from her.
But Simone, listen to your mom and pick your battles, even in the NICU…
Thinking of and praying for you all often.
I think I’m in love. She’s stealing my heart, what with telling them to get the fk out of her face during naptime. NAPTIME PEOPLE! Stay tough, Simone. You rock.
Oh boy…are you in trouble. Good luck today and go get ‘em Simone!
She’s a feisty one, that Simone. I like her spirit.
That photo is priceless!
Fabulous…she’s giving the finger to the universe and reminding it not to fuck with her anymore!
My fingers are crossed for the extubation….
They start early don’t they! LOL!
That picture has SO got to come out on prom night, to be shown to the date and to totally embarrass Simone.
Dude, Simone is my home girl. She just is.
I’m sure she means it kindly!
What a wonderful little girlie. Not long now until she’ll be into the fat farm, chomping Mummy’s boobs into bruises, burping hugely into Daddy’s ear (a dry burp, if Scott’s lucky) and producing milky poos of biblical proportions. Just got to get this bothersome business of breathing sorted out first…Go Simone! Think: CPAP good!
Mine sulked hugely when extubated, and spent the next 4 days industriously trying to demolish the CPAP apparatus in protest, before graduating to continual self-extraction of his nasal gastric tube. Blighter. I think the baby in the next incubator along told him how…
Family Flotsam are all very much in our thoughts. Praying for an early homecoming.
xxx
That’s my GIRL! Tell it like it is, Simone.
Good luck with the extubation. Many fingers and toes crossed for NO NEW SURPRISES. Boring is good.
So precious (and pretty hilarious too)! Keeping you all in my thoughts and hope everything goes well this afternoon.
She may be a helpless micropreemie in the NICU, but don’t mess with her!
Warning: This is a baby not to be f*cked with. You go, girl!
YEAH, Simone! That kind of spunky attitude will serve you well, hehe. It’ll be tough on your Ma, though, so make sure you breathe properly and all that to ease her mind, you hear? You little sweet nugget!
Oh my God that is the BEST photo I have seen of her. Simone - you go girl! I have a feeling she’ll be a strong and opinionated woman that takes no crap.
Way to go Simone and Mum.
Am just loving the updates and so happy to see that the dramas are less this week. Still thinking of you all.
Jules
BWAHAHAHAAAA! That picture ROCKS–definitely YOUR daughter! But for fuck’s sake, FIX HER EAR!!! Ever since you mentioned that I’ve been looking at preemies’ ears (I follow a lot of preemie blogs–two of mine were early, although not THAT early)…when she’s a little older you should do what I did to my youngest–propped the poor sleeping babe on the couch with the neck of a Corona in the crook of one arm and “The Happiest Baby On The Block” draped over the wee little belly. Posing babies and taking humiliating pictures of them is one of the many rewards I think are only fair for us to claim as parents, since the little buggers put us through such angst!
You can’t deny that child…she’s definitely *your* daughter, Alexa. And she’s looking so healthy! Way to grow, Simone, keep it up. I’m hoping that finger is intended for the ventilator, and she’s telling it to fsck off so she can graduate to the CPAP and then on to independent breathing. As always, thoughts and prayers are with your sweet family.
What a great shot! Makes me smile to see her picture and to hear that she’s doing well. Keep on keeping on Simone - you rock!
Pulling for you guys for a smooth transfer to CPAP! My little Sadie born at 2 pounds is now a fat 7 at three-months-old. It’s amazing how thankful one can be for 7 pounds! You’ll be there soon!
Oh and I just read back over the comments, and watch out! Not only did my youngest yank the NG tube at the tender age of nine weeks, but the little turd also developed Satan’s Own precocious fine-motor skills and could pick and peel the edge of hospital tape by three and a half months…she’s already figured out she’s got at least ONE finger, and one is all it takes to snag something and start with the drama…don’t worry, no matter HOW much tape they have to use, mine now at two has flawlessly plumptious cheeks even though a couple of times the skin broke down BADLY from the tape, poor thing! But yes, that one will be trouble.
That is a girl that knows exactly what she does and doesn’t want. I want to give her a hearty ‘fuck yeah’.
She’s all “CPAP this, suckas”
Now There is a Girl that Means Business! Rock that Finger Simone
Best.Baby.Picture.EVER!! I’m so glad to see that she’s got a little sass. I knew it was so, but it’s always good to see it in action. I hope things work out better today!
I love that kid. This shows she has the balls (ovaries, moxie, cajones, whatever it is)to triumph. Rock on baby, indeed.
Simone is going to be one lovely spitfire.
What a great picture. Make sure to not show it to her until she is out of her teens! :0). Go Simone!
I think that is a totally appropriate response to the indignities of the NICU. Smart girl.
(And oh, those sweet hairy baby shoulders…)
If only she knew. Hee.
I firmly believe the NICU experience makes these little ones sassier; enjoy! Sending good thoughts of “inhale, exhale”
I’ve been reading your updates for a while now but not posting, since I’m a “newbie” to your blog.
But I can’t help posting on this one because the picture is so dang CUTE!
Thanks for the picture. I might have to use it as a visual to my boss one day at work … ;-P
Oh Simone! Thanks for giving me a chuckle this morning. I love your spunk. Try not to corrupt the other NICU babies (too much)!
haha! She’ll be corrupting the NICU any day now.
Love those furry shoulders. So cute.
Laughing out loud at work here.
Looks like she’ll become a bold woman - the best kind!
I’m pretty sure that was not directed at you , but at the evil nurse that she had! Great to see that she is such a fighter with attitude. Go Simone!
I am in love.
She’s brilliant, your daughter.
How DO you resist the urge to mold her ears into elfin points? You’re a better mother than I am, clearly.
Oh fabulous. FANTASTIC. She is meant for great things, like her mother.
oh my goodness, what a sweetheart.
Keep us posted on how it goes!
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
Fingers crossed that things go well.
Go on, Simone. Tell us how you really feel.
Fine motor coordination. Check.
Attitude. Check.
Adorableness. Check plus!
DAMN THE MAN!! FIGHT THE POWER!!!
LOVE that picture.
Go baby, go baby, go!
… and clearly is not taking smack from anyone.
(she’s beautiful, by the way. but you knew that)
I love her attitude!
LOL! You go, Simone. Don’t hold back!
I expect her to bleat an emphatic, “Fine, I’ll do it myself!” any minute.
LOL that is fucking awesome! you are full of surprises and your way with words is so endearing. you set that one up so perfectly!! hilarious! go, simone, GO!!
LOL! I’m totally in love with this baby too! I just want to run right down the NICU and scoop her up and hold her forever!!
That is one SASSY girl. It makes me happy to think about her cracking up over this photo with you someday.
GO Simone!! That’s what you do for nurses who slam isolette doors, for prongs in the nose, for snotty NICU staff. You go girl!!
I was so overcome by how sweet she is, I at first failed to notice the hand gesture. Pure genius, little Simone!!
Ok, so it took me a minute to catch the finger. I was marveling at the oh so very cute baby. Yes, that is perfect.
you tell ‘em Simone!
If the girl can give the finger so well at such a young age, she’s going to have no problems! I’m sure breathing will be no trouble when the time comes, if it’s today, or tomorrow, or whenever…
Awesome shot!
my god but she is beautiful. and obviously incredibly intelligent. honestly alexa, she looks so much stronger even now.
hope hope hope it went perfectly.
that is so awesome. rock on simone.
seriously. sass it up simone.
Oh, awesome. You go little girl.
Another stranger from the internet anxiously awaiting more good news and more milestones passed. Bless your little heart, Simone, and keep up the getting stronger bit. It suits you.
Are you kidding me??? There is no keeping that woman down. What a fighter!
Pre-verbal communication is supposed to be a sign of great intelligence, you know…
Heh. Sneh. Heh. Heh.
Love it. Great photo!
Hope the CPAP goes better this time,
J
I was so busy admiring her little furry shoulders that I didn’t notice the bird at first.
Now I can’t stop giggling.
That is the best laugh I’ve had in a while! Awesome pic. Hope today goes well.
Patti
26 weeks-IVF Baby Girl
What a little rebel she is!
She’s sassy like her mama.
Good luck with this go ’round.
Dude. So young, and fighting The Man already. This girl is going places!
That is so hilarious. I love her!!
I think she means it.
Loving the furry shoulders and foldable ears. Ooof, my aching ovaries.
Still praying and hoping and saying your names out loud.
Best.
GOD DANG she’s cute! I have visited several times a day since you posted this pic just to look at her - what an angel. Hoping the whole CPAP thing went well and can’t wait to hear more news. Keep on kicking some NICU ass Simone!
What a sassy one! Gotta love her ways of communication.
That is so funny. Sebastian is always giving me the finger like that. I love it. Says they have a little spunk!
That should totally be a full page ad in her yearbook when she graduates from high school!
That’s how I would feel about it too!
Looking better and better! And showing everyone who is really in charge ;-)
OMG - that just cracked me up!
look at her lovely little body–such sweet baby furiness.
I love you and your baby! She is so kickass!
You know, little missy, I feel the same way about CPAP. The darn things never stay put the way they should, requiring multiple adjustments every hour, and believe me, it makes me cry too to have to shove those evil pipes up itty bitty nares. Listen to your momma, she’s a smart lady. There really are better things in life than smoking the O2 crackpipe. You’ll get there!!
I love this picture! The world will not stop this little girl! I love her sassy-ness at this age! This is a picture to save for when she graduates high school :)
Stay well!
~Lynn/PA
She’s got spunk! I want to kiss her sweet back. I remember when my babies had “fur.” I just loved it.
LOVE. HER.
She friggin’ rocks, that young, sassy girl.
It is going to be so much fun for all of you to look back at these pictures and posts in the years to come… Sounds like everything is getting brighter and we are all very happy for you.
That is the best pic ever! I just found your website and read through the last 3 months (took me over an hour to do) and I want to say I am very sorry for your loss of Ames and wish you all the best with Simmone. She sure has an attitude about her that will get her through this.
I was just wondering what happened with Ames? Were you able to have a funeral for him? My prayers are with you!
Can I just say that SIMONE ROCKS?
Keeping you all in my thoughts and rooting heartily for that little pistol there in the NICU!
Laughing over here - Simone has some serious moxie!
Look at that precious crumpled ear and downy shoulder! So cute!
You Go Simone!
What a spunky little love bug - she rules that NICU.
Prayers coming for all of you.