It's a Jungle out There!

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I was so tired this morning and didn't want to go to work today, but one of the little goobers I was taking care of totally turned my day around. It was definitely one of my favorite NICU moments thus far.

This sweet baby has been in the NICU for a bit and he's doing really well. Mid-morning, he was so awake and alert that I decided to take his isolette cover off and just put a jungle-themed fleece blanket from his mom over the top instead.

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(The light-occluding white quilted bed covers help us keep our sickest babies under strictly minimal stimulation, but as the babies get older and more stable they need to learn the day/night cycle so we just put a thinner blanket over the isolette to keep light from shining directly into their eyes.)

So anyway, he's watching me switch the blankets and when he sees the light shining through the fleece, illuminating the monkey silhouettes on his blanket, his jaw literally dropped in pleasure and his eyes were darting every which way because he finally had something to look at! He was so stinking excited! I wish he'd had a nanny cam in his crib it was so darn cute. Anyone who thinks baby facial expressions are all by accident would learn a lot with this sweet boy!