Everybody Needs Velcro on Their Head (1/13 Update)

Best news for today is that Adam’s oxygen on his nasal cannula was cut in half today. He was at 2.0L yesterday. 2.0L is a pretty good amount, it sounded like he had a leaf blower up his nose. In between breathes the intensity of the oxygen would inflate his cheeks out and make him puff air out like he had a leak and would deflate if they turned it off. They turned it down from 2.0 progressively to 0.5, he didn’t like to 0.5 and compromised at 1.0 which is still a big improvement. Milina was able to put some clothes on them today and they look very cute in their little preemie outfits. We almost got to move them from the warmers to a basinet but they had some difficulty maintaining their body temperature. Therefore, they have been placed in the incubators temporarily. It is harder to see them in the incubators when we were so used to just having them under the warmers. We are told they should only be in the incubators for 1-2 days then they will hopefully be moved to the basinets. We were able to hold both of them for several hours total today which is the highlight of our day.

Now for the fun part of the blog, the title of this posting is based on the fact that Adam has two small circle patches of Velcro on the side of his head. It is multipurpose, to hold the protective eye shades on when he is under the lamps and also was used to hold his CPAP on. So, in honor of Adam I am listing the many possible benefits of having Velcro on the side of your head. Please feel free to leave your ideas in the comments section and I will add them to the list.

1) In school you can attach your pencil/pen to your head
2) To hold your sunglasses on
3) Your hat would never fall off, even in a hurricane
4) Keep your kids in bed. You can velcro their heads to the bed and they won’t fall out and even more importantly they can’t get out once you put them to bed
5) Keep your snoring husband lying on his side and not his back (a personal favorite of Milina’s)
6) As a way to attach hair accessories
7) It would help breastfeeding mothers, you can breast feed “hands free”
8) A new Bluetooth attachment method, or for those who can’t afford a Bluetooth you can just velcro your phone to your head (poor man’s Bluetooth)
Submitted Ideas
9) Time out enforcement, velcro them to the corner
10) Road ID alternative (Road ID is a personal identification wrist or ankle band so they can identify you when you're hit by a car)