Kangaroo Care

I know that you have been interested in the results of the ROP. The doctor couldn't find any, but that may be a result of his size, making him unable to get an accurate result. They'll retest in 2 weeks. An interesting bit of trivia for you. Stevie Wonder was a preemie and his blindness is from the fact that there was no effective treatment for ROP 50 years ago. Today, there are a great many treatments, so it is unlikely that will happen to Jordan. At any rate, we can say for sure he isn't blind now.
Kangaroo care is when they place the baby wearing nothing but a diaper directly onto the parents bare chest. The skin to skin contact is supposed to be comforting for everyone involved. We got the chance to do that today. Of course, that's the type of thing I thought the mother should do first. Of course, she loved it, and almost fell asleep because she was so relaxed. Jordan loved it more. At first he was awake, looking towards me because he's too small to look up. Then he chirped for a few minutes as he hasn't ever cooed or gurgled or any of that other stuff. Then he fell soundly asleep. They were able to stay like that for over 45 minutes!
However, all good things must come to an end. Eventually, we stopped and decided to do the chores before putting back to bed. Chores are things like blood pressure, suctioning mucous if needed, using the vibrator, and all the other things that involve touching him. You try and do everything all at once so that he can spend the next 4 hours sleeping without interruption. Anyway, I got to change the diaper. He wasn't really messy, but I figure that this is my son, and any real father knows that it is important to keep that area as clean as possible. Now remember, he just spent 45 minutes lying on mom being cozy and warm. Now I've got him naked, lying on his back, and for good measure I decide to use the wet wipe to make sure that the twins are wet and cold. As soon as I get the wet wipes on him, I promise you that he opened his eyes, looked at me and said, "Dad, WTF?!?!" Of course, he's only 7 weeks old so it came out as the first time that his mother and I heard him cry. Not a little chirp, not some sort of preemie murmur. All real cry like what real babies do! It made us feel like real parents. Of course now I'm conflicted. On one hand I want to make him cry tomorrow so that I can hear it again. On the other hand, the twins should be off limits shouldn't they? I need some fathers to leave me comments on this one.