Carden arrived home on Tuesday Dec. 29, 3 weeks after his birth. Now that it’s been 2 weeks after his arrival, he doesn’t seem like a preemie to me other than he wears preemie clothes, he’s so strong and acts like a normal infant. He is a good baby, he sleeps great, eats pretty good if he’s awake. Carden came home on a monitor to alert us of any Bradycardia; similar to sleep apnea in adults. We’ve only had one alarm, which we think was the pad coming off false alarm, scenario just didn’t add up. Jay loves having him monitored, I wanted to be rid of it asap, but I’ve grown to count on it too, it gives me confidence to sleep and not worry about any of his sounds. He’s really like an old man with all his grunts and groans. Carden likes baths except when it’s feeding time. We went to the doctor today for our 3rd weight check, he’s 6 lbs 2 oz., he grew 1.5 oz/day since previous appt., yeah going in right direction. He has worked up to nursing him every time except when he’s fed 2 servings of 22 calorie formula, he’s come a long way from being tube fed to now. I could tell he was eating right for his cheeks are chubbier, longer legs and I think his hair has grown too. Carden will not be able to go out in public until he is atleast 2 months and maybe well into Feb., just for the fear of catching a cold symptom that would impact him severely. He has been given the 1st dose of the RSV shot ($1,000 per shot, thank goodness for insurance) because he was born <37 weeks, it’s flue season and has a sibling younger then 5. Jay’s aunt's neighbors baby died of RSV, so it’s nothing to mess around with. I’ve already seen so many changes in him, he can follow a rattle with his eyes and most impressive he can hold his own “Passy” in, Jayden didn’t do that until she was 2-3 months old. We are just soooo excited to finally have him home with us. I love my days with him just sitting in the sunroom, nursing and cuddling him, he’s so precious.
Jayden just loves him to death, the “little mommy” in her is shining through. Of course she wants to hug, squeeze and kiss him often and sometimes it’s not as gently as I would like. She also wishes he could play with even his toys. Jayden is also in the middle of potty training, she kind of regressed while I was in the hospital but now that I’m home all the time she has been doing very well, especially this past week but far from exclusive “big girl panties” just yet.
Sorry it’s been so long since the last time I wrote, I’ll try to do better.
