Sam Archives - Mama.Papa.Bubba. https://mamapapabubba.com/tag/sam/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:12:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 56460141 5 Things NICU Parents Want You to Know https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/04/22/5-things-nicu-parents-want-you-to-know/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/04/22/5-things-nicu-parents-want-you-to-know/#comments Sat, 22 Apr 2017 21:13:41 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=72049 Since having Sam at 27 weeks gestation, I’ve had all kinds of people reach out and ask how they can support their friends and family members with a fresh preemie just starting their NICU journey.   Sam shortly after he was born.  I wasn’t prepared for the neonatal intensive care team to literally catch him… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/04/22/5-things-nicu-parents-want-you-to-know/feed/ 1 72049 Bringing Our Preemie Home From the NICU https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/01/14/bringing-our-preemie-home/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/01/14/bringing-our-preemie-home/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:00:58 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=71581 Exactly one year ago today, we brought our sweet preemie babe home from the NICU.  We had made it. An unexpected and traumatic birth, a 10 day hospital stay {plus an eventual ruptured appendix / giant cyst diagnosis} for me, countless heel pokes and tests for our sweet baby, and months of shuttling back and… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2017/01/14/bringing-our-preemie-home/feed/ 7 71581 10 Months of Sam https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/10/04/10-months-sam/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/10/04/10-months-sam/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:40:30 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=71104 Welp. Sam is officially 11 months old in two days, so it’s fitting that we only got around to taking his 10 month photos today {ugh}.  Seriously though…  Miss G is in school from 9 until 3 and you’d think I’d be able to get all sorts of things done during the day, but honestly,… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/10/04/10-months-sam/feed/ 12 71104 6 Months of Sam https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/05/05/6-months-of-sam/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/05/05/6-months-of-sam/#comments Fri, 06 May 2016 06:32:08 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=70367 Our baby boy is 6 months old.  Our baby boy is 6 months old!  Goodness, I have to let that sink in just a little.  It’s hard to believe that he’s already been here with us for half of a year.  It doesn’t seem like that long.  Time can be cruel, can’t it?  Ugh. I’m… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/05/05/6-months-of-sam/feed/ 5 70367 Perfection https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/05/04/perfection/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/05/04/perfection/#comments Thu, 05 May 2016 05:10:04 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=70316 After 8 long years with the same entry-level DSLR, I finally splurged and bought myself a new camera last week.  And oh my goodness…  I had forgotten how fun it is to take photos when you don’t have to run to your computer and upload your pictures every 3 snaps in order to reformat the… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/05/04/perfection/feed/ 4 70316 Five Months of Sam https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/04/05/five-months-of-sam/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/04/05/five-months-of-sam/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:19:12 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=70126 I feel like we’ve had such a big month this month.  First off, we seem to have hit a huge turning point as far as Sam’s overall comfort and happiness is concerned, which has been a total game changer.   I guess I didn’t come right out an say it, but the first two months… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/04/05/five-months-of-sam/feed/ 5 70126 Smiley Sam https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/03/19/smiley-sam/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/03/19/smiley-sam/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2016 03:15:11 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=70056 This little man…  He’s become so social and smiley recently and I’m just soaking it up.  Every night before bedtime we sit and chat together.  I tell him things and ask him questions and he fills in my pauses in conversation with the sweetest little coos and sounds.  I’m so lucky to get to be… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/03/19/smiley-sam/feed/ 3 70056 Sam is 4 Months Old! https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/03/05/sam-is-4-months-old/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/03/05/sam-is-4-months-old/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2016 08:46:59 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=69825 Today our sweet Sam is 4 months old {and approximately 1 month old corrected}.  Believe it or not, this little milk monster has gone from being 7 pounds 6 ounces last month to being a whopping 10 pounds 2 ounces this month!  That means that not only did he gain his entire weight at birth… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/03/05/sam-is-4-months-old/feed/ 4 69825 Our Sweet Little Sam https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/02/25/our-sweet-little-sam/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/02/25/our-sweet-little-sam/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2016 07:57:34 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=69859 If you would have told me a few months ago that we’d soon be at home with a sweet little man like this and our trickiest issues would be sleepless nights, awful tummy bubbles, and an uncomfortable hernia, I don’t think I would have believed it. But here we are and I’m so thankful.  … Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/02/25/our-sweet-little-sam/feed/ 0 69859 Baby Bubba is 3 Months Old! https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/02/05/baby-bubba-is-3-months-old/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/02/05/baby-bubba-is-3-months-old/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:54:35 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=69663 Today our sweet little Sam is 3 months old {and 5 days corrected}!  He’s currently 7 pounds 6 ounces and wearing newborn sized clothes and diapers.  He loves nothing more than being held and snuggled and is a big fan of having his bum patted and his head gently stroked.  He currently sleeps most of… Read More

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