Elizabeth: 3 lbs., 10 oz.
Ruth Joy: 3 lbs,15 oz.
Also, Elizabeth is the one whose water broke, so she is a little smaller and is having a little more trouble with oxygen levels. At this point, that is the only issue is with breathing/02 levels (which is pretty standard for babies born this early), so please pray about that.
Skin to skin contact with mother, that’s the best thing for premature babies. Not only are they kept warm, but their oxygen saturations have actually been shown to increase (without any supplemental oxygen, which can damage preemies’ delicate tissues).
Skin to skin is also good for traumatized children and nontraumatized children and old people and young people and …..that is why touch is so important.
Mumsee, in college I had to write a term paper for my freshman English class. We had to turn in our topic and get it approved, but we could pretty much write on anything that could be researched. I thought and thought, and finally came up with a topic I loved: the importance of touch in a child’s development. The research was fascinating, such as areas where most children in orphanages died, and most preemies died, because human touch is actually essential to life. But for a long time we just didn’t know that.
That’s only part of what makes Maslow’s hierarchy of needs ridiculous, that he puts touch way down the list of things that are necessary after food and drink and a lot of other things. Touch is actually among the most basic needs, not a bonus. He didn’t know that, but we know it now. (And he also has the self-actualized person–the rare, most emotionally healthy person–as having no need for religion.)
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Sigh. I’m really worn out and it’s only 8:30 in the morning. I just don’t want to have a bad day two days in a row.
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Cameron/Anna’s twins are here and all wrapped up. No weights yet, but the look good in the photos.
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From dad, Tim:
Elizabeth: 3 lbs., 10 oz.
Ruth Joy: 3 lbs,15 oz.
Also, Elizabeth is the one whose water broke, so she is a little smaller and is having a little more trouble with oxygen levels. At this point, that is the only issue is with breathing/02 levels (which is pretty standard for babies born this early), so please pray about that.
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Skin to skin contact with mother, that’s the best thing for premature babies. Not only are they kept warm, but their oxygen saturations have actually been shown to increase (without any supplemental oxygen, which can damage preemies’ delicate tissues).
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Skin to skin is also good for traumatized children and nontraumatized children and old people and young people and …..that is why touch is so important.
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Mumsee, in college I had to write a term paper for my freshman English class. We had to turn in our topic and get it approved, but we could pretty much write on anything that could be researched. I thought and thought, and finally came up with a topic I loved: the importance of touch in a child’s development. The research was fascinating, such as areas where most children in orphanages died, and most preemies died, because human touch is actually essential to life. But for a long time we just didn’t know that.
That’s only part of what makes Maslow’s hierarchy of needs ridiculous, that he puts touch way down the list of things that are necessary after food and drink and a lot of other things. Touch is actually among the most basic needs, not a bonus. He didn’t know that, but we know it now. (And he also has the self-actualized person–the rare, most emotionally healthy person–as having no need for religion.)
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