Rise up this morning
Smile with the rising sun
Three little birds
Sit by my doorstep
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Singing-this is my message to you
Don't worry about a thing
Cause every little thing is gonna be all right...
Loie has been doing pretty darn good at home with us! After nearly 3 months in the NICU, she is adjusting to her new way of life with her family. She is eating like a champ! (she just hit 7 pounds!) and she likes to snooze the day away. she is a lot like her brother was- hardly ever cries. so far, a pretty chill baby. She has been through so much, nothing phases her.
we had her first checkup with our pediatrician this week. The doctor said if she didn't have the oxygen tank, and he werent looking at her paperwork, he wouldn't think she had any of the troubles she has. Awesome! Her color and tone look fantastic and so far, she is mostly very close to a "regular" newborn. she has weekly in home nurse visits. we have set up weekly oxygen tank deliveries from NORCO. this is all so strange, but it is our life now! many many followup appointments will be happening in the near future.
Cardiology, Genetics, Pulmonology, NICU followup clinic, Radiology, Neurology, Opthamology.... and her regualr well baby checkups. yowza!
We had our first of two mini-scares at her pediatrician, when her oximeter sensor "crapped out" and stopped working. Great! now we know to bring a backup.... after her vaccinations last night, she was very lethargic (not surprised) but wasn't really waking up to eat. After several hours, we tried to rouse her around 3 am, with no luck. She wasn't really responding, and clapping my hands right next to her head wasn't getting any reaction from her... So I gave in and called the on-call nurse. Long story short, she is fine! She just wanted to scare us a little. Again.
Lennon is 21 months old now, but is a bit delayed in some areas, so we are working on it! He still has not really said his first word, but our sweet boy communicates in other ways. He does a happy dance when he is excited, for example! Or he will hand you a snack he wants you to open when he is hungry. He makes progress little by little. He is also working on being a big brother to miss Loie- so far, he likes to touch her hair! he will walk up and almost "pinch" her hair between his little fingertips... silly boy! he will grow to love her :)
He made us SO proud last night when he pointed to the picture of banana and also to apple in his picture book!! He smiled so big, so proud of himself.
Funny story, he was snacking on his favorite crackers and decided to get creative by smashing them between his toes, then eating them. Directly foot to mouth. LOL that's our boy!
Next major appointment for Loie is Monday - Opthamology.
Smile with the rising sun
Three little birds
Sit by my doorstep
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Singing-this is my message to you
Don't worry about a thing
Cause every little thing is gonna be all right...
Loie has been doing pretty darn good at home with us! After nearly 3 months in the NICU, she is adjusting to her new way of life with her family. She is eating like a champ! (she just hit 7 pounds!) and she likes to snooze the day away. she is a lot like her brother was- hardly ever cries. so far, a pretty chill baby. She has been through so much, nothing phases her.
we had her first checkup with our pediatrician this week. The doctor said if she didn't have the oxygen tank, and he werent looking at her paperwork, he wouldn't think she had any of the troubles she has. Awesome! Her color and tone look fantastic and so far, she is mostly very close to a "regular" newborn. she has weekly in home nurse visits. we have set up weekly oxygen tank deliveries from NORCO. this is all so strange, but it is our life now! many many followup appointments will be happening in the near future.
Cardiology, Genetics, Pulmonology, NICU followup clinic, Radiology, Neurology, Opthamology.... and her regualr well baby checkups. yowza!
We had our first of two mini-scares at her pediatrician, when her oximeter sensor "crapped out" and stopped working. Great! now we know to bring a backup.... after her vaccinations last night, she was very lethargic (not surprised) but wasn't really waking up to eat. After several hours, we tried to rouse her around 3 am, with no luck. She wasn't really responding, and clapping my hands right next to her head wasn't getting any reaction from her... So I gave in and called the on-call nurse. Long story short, she is fine! She just wanted to scare us a little. Again.
Lennon is 21 months old now, but is a bit delayed in some areas, so we are working on it! He still has not really said his first word, but our sweet boy communicates in other ways. He does a happy dance when he is excited, for example! Or he will hand you a snack he wants you to open when he is hungry. He makes progress little by little. He is also working on being a big brother to miss Loie- so far, he likes to touch her hair! he will walk up and almost "pinch" her hair between his little fingertips... silly boy! he will grow to love her :)
He made us SO proud last night when he pointed to the picture of banana and also to apple in his picture book!! He smiled so big, so proud of himself.
Funny story, he was snacking on his favorite crackers and decided to get creative by smashing them between his toes, then eating them. Directly foot to mouth. LOL that's our boy!
Next major appointment for Loie is Monday - Opthamology.
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