To prepare a delightful preemie for your enjoyment the following steps are required.

Ingredients:

• 1 Pre-term baby. The cuter the better
• 2 Very tired parents
• 1 office/nursery/bedroom/kennel
• As many diapers as you can store
• Lots of bibs

1. Feed 1/2 bottle or until no longer awake
2. Pat on back to remove any bubbles
3. Change diaper
4. Feed second 1/2 bottle until finished
5. Cuddle until no more bubbles appear
6. Put down for nap
7. Simmer 3 hours or until ready
8. Repeat steps 1-7 until full term is reached

Notes.

Be sure to get any sleep you possibly can when the preemie is not awake. This is very important to keep sanity. Don’t forget to eat; this is an easy step to forget.

Lex got his second bath yesterday which he desperately needed. He was starting to smell of sour milk… he didn’t seem to care.

He also got some tummy time on a Boppy. This was right after a meal so he was pretty tired.

Tim and Lex enjoying reading the CNC Zone forum.

This experience has turned into an unexpected diet plan. We constantly forget to eat because if we aren’t feeding Lex we are either trying to catch up on chores or sleeping. Laura, being the amazing person she is, has somehow managed to lose 25 pounds! She dropped 12 pounds right after Lex was born.