Poor baby Ryan/Yoda had to go to Seattle Children's Hospital today to get some labwork done for his upcoming appointment with the "specialist". I expect they'll just tell me the trouble we had after he was born was a one time thing and nothing we need to worry about ever again but that's another story.
He had a really tough time in the lab. They were doing some special test that I had to schedule in advance and they wanted a *lot* of blood. My poor little man is only 6 months old (tomorrow) and it seems he's inherited his mother's hiding veins. They poked him in one arm, one wrist and one ankle. They were looking at his little head and I suggested a break. Luckily they decided they could use what they had and just had to poke his little finger to do the CBC.
Afterwards, I was sitting in a vacant waiting area trying to settle my baby down and a nice volunteer lady came by and handed us a blanket. I told her he wasn't an inpatient and besides, I'm a quilter. She pointed out that he's upset, doesn't have a blankie with him and that's what the blankets are for. So I took it. It's a big, fleece panel with the satiny blanket binding sewn all around. Ryan grabbed it and rubbed it against his face a few times, then went to sleep. He hasn't let it go since we got home.
So, for all of you who are involved with Project Linus, THANK YOU. Your efforts really do make a difference. The blanket I got doesn't look like it took much time or effort (unless you're like me and have trouble with satiny blanket binding) but it's just as comforting as if it had taken months. So for anyone who's considered helping out with Project Linus but didn't think you could sew well enough, do it anyway.
Ryan's alternating between rubbing the fleece against his face and chewing on the binding. This mommy thing is great.