beansbeans sounds like good things are happening for you guys. It's so great that you can post a question and get some help for you and your family and i'm glad i could be a small part of that.
Being off the ventilator is fantastic but i'd also assume she is on CPAP? Either way they are the steps forward you want to be making. It's great news that your brother got some one on one time touching and being able to show their little one some love. She is their daughter and your niece and a special little person that has been introduced into your lives.
I'd say so far you have been fantastic and in time it will become more clear where and when you can help. Like making the phone calls and keeping everyone informed, it will take some pressure off your brother and his partner having to explain things. Cooking up some dinners that could go in the freezer, helping out around the house, so much of their time will want to be spent at the hospital by their little ones side and the less pressures from home the better.
I really hope you have more positive steps forward over the next few days and the many more weeks/months to come. Thinking of your family
everyone has given such great advise. congratulations on becoming an aunty!
do u know how long they are going to have that accom for?
maybe you can work around that, if they are right near the hosp then a better time to be there when you may be needed to do trips to and from when they are back home.
actually just doing something i found helpful, i had some ppl say to me if there is anything i can do, but i didnt like to ask, if someone just had of shown up with a few meals or to do some washing or something i would have thought that was fantastic.
emotionally they will probably be very up and down, so if they are cranky or say something you dont get or anything dont hang onto it, just let it go and know they are just very stressed with their situation.
I was happy to have visitors, but only to visit me. Until Brendan was out of NICU I didn't want to have to take a trail of family in and out explaining everything over and over. It's hard enough to deal with as it is. However I did take in those who arranged in advance and came in with only themselves or one other. Nothing worse than a group of people visiting, it clogs up the halls in the NICU and can be distressing for other parents too.
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