CPAP and Elephants!

We have had the CPAP for almost 2 weeks now! Connor has amazed me how quickly he adjusted to it- and boy are we thankful for that!!

The day it was delivered, we couldn't even try out the mask to be sure it would be a good fit. Connor wanted nothing to do with any of the new equipment that entered our house. As soon as the respiratory therapist left, I tried the play approach. He wanted nothing to do with being an "elephant" nor did he like Mickey mouse wearing the mask!

Josh and I had a workout the first few nights getting it on. With my peds nurse experience my first thought was to slip socks over his hands and tuck in his sleeves of his pajamas. That was the trick.... Until he figured out how to get those off! Hehe After several days we quit the socks and continuously watched him on the video monitor to make sure he didn't pull it off! We have been up many hours checking on him- that paranoid mommy thing takes over sometimes! Now it seems we are up to fix the mask back over his nose from all the wiggling around.

5 Days later he willingly sat there and smiles when we ask if he is ready to be an elephant! :) Not to mention we could put it on all by ourselves, instead of Josh and I ganging up on him. He now wears it during nap time and all night. The best part is he falls asleep way faster than he ever has... there are no more hours between when we put him to bed and actually falling asleep!

Hopefully he feels better since he is now getting restful sleep and actually able to breathe all night. He is still VERY active but we are definitely noticing an increase in his speech!

Sleeping away!

Cool Dude!