Well, we brought Alex home on Wednesday the 23rd. Liza was so excited, she couldn't beleive that he was here in our house and that she was alloud to touch and hold him. She started off by just touching his hands and uncovering him to look at him, and then she asked if she could hold him. She sat on the sofa with the standard pillow under the arm, and held him and looked at him. She loves to do this and she makes sure that she gets her turn with him. I think that one of her most favorite moments so far was being alloud to feed him a bottle. She always feeds her babies, and so it was really thrilling to feed him. Things are going good with his eating. He seems to be eating every 3 and a half to 4 hours. He doesn't like to wake up in the night, so that gets a little tricky. Usually, one feed takes over an hour to do. I have also been reminded of how much laundry little babies produce. In his first 24 hours of being home Alex produced an entire load of laundry! He has peed out of more outfits then I ever immagined! It is a good thing he is so spoild or I would be doing 2 loads a day, just to keep up. Because he is so little he has to stay wraped in a blanket to help him keep his temp. up, so when he pees it goes through one undershirt, a sleeper, and of course a blanket. Then if he didn't wet all his clothes and it is just time to change his diper, he will usually polish off the outfit, by catching you off guard while you're changing him, and pees all over it anyway. If you are lucky enough to get him in the same outfit, and walk away from the whole thing pleased that he is still dry, he will spit up on his sheets so that you can wash those insted! :-) What fun! We have a nurse comming today to weigh him and see if he is still gaining weight. I will update you on that when we know. Liza is dealing well with the change, she is starting to push her luck and see if I mean it when I say things to her and I am holding him. She seems to think that if I have Alex in my arms, I won't follow up on what I am asking her to do, but she is starting to get the drift, I think. As far as the monitor goes, it has only gone off a few times, and it is always while he is eating, he just gets too excited and sets it off. That is about all there is to tell. We are so excited to have him home and with us. It is so much nicer, the monitor that he is on is small and has a rechargable battery in it, so when he is in his crib, we plug it in, and otherwhise he can roam around the house. It is in a bag with a strap on it so that he is portable. It isn't too bad. He even went for a little walk on wednesday evening in his new set of wheels! We are just so happy to have him home and doing well.
Comments:
Heather Batalic: Congrats, Walls! I am so happy for you guys that he is doing so fantastic. I will definately have to come and see that little miracle once we get all settled in our new place in NY. (which probably won't be until early July now)
Mary Beth Lees: Glad to hear all is going well. Kids can't wait to see the little fellow and Liza (me too)when you come for a visit. Printed a picture for the kids and they thought it was pretty neat that I was able to that. mb
Grandpa: WONDERFUL NEWS!! I hope everything goes well for you. Sounds like he is doing very well - Li'l Bits too!!!
Looking forward to seeing him about the first of July.
Tobie: That's great you guys!! It must be a relief to have him home!!
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