Emilia graduates to Newborn size diaper!

At the beginning of her NICU stay, Emilia wore a micro preemie size diaper (smaller than my palm). At the time, I didn't think it was so small, because Emilia was tiny and it was the right size diaper on her. But now when I look at the diaper, it looks like a toy - a diaper for a doll.

Emilia then outgrew the smallest diaper and started to wear a preemie size diaper, which is just a regular Pampers diaper, but in a smaller size. The preemie size diaper used to be so big on her that it looked almost like a body suit.

In the past week or so, Emilia has been wearing either a newborn size diaper or a preemie size diaper, depending on which one the nurse stocked in her incubator. But today, the nurse finally said Emilia needs to wear a newborn diaper because this morning she had a huge leak in her diaper (and it was pooh!). So, Emilia now graduated to the newborn size diaper, though it is a little loose and big for her.

Just to show you what kind of diaper she wore 60 days ago, here is a picture:




Diaper is not the only thing that she outgrew in NICU: look at her blood pressure cuff! She now has a bigger cuff so the nurse gave me the earlier one as a souvenir (as this cannot be used by another patient any way). It fits on my finger.