The days have gone by rather quickly since bringing Simon home. He feeds about every 3-4 hours, so we are on that schedule as well. Becca and I take turns with the nightly feeding so that we can each have a block of about 5 hours of sleep. Simon is still on oxygen, however it is turned down to the lowest possible setting of 1/32 of a liter per hour. Although it is just a trace amount, it's a comfort knowing that there is a bit of a safety net in case he would need it. To this point we are mostly bottle feeding since we are adding a few tsp. of Neosure to beef up the calories. The doctor thinks he'll be on that for only a few more weeks. Hopefully at that point he can be primarily breastfed.
What a whirlwind of waking, sleeping, changing dirty diapers, cleaning bottles, and Simon's favorite, BATHS!! We arrived home one day later than we expected. Simon was feeling a little under the weather after having a cranial scan, dilated eyes, retinal scan, and a circumcision. Instead of gaining the normal 35-50 grams that he is used to, he actually lost weight. The prospect of what the doctors call "faliure to thrive" was great enough that they wanted to keep him to make sure he could gain weight again the next day.
Having this extra day allowed Becca and I to get some decent sleep after cleaning frenzy and sleepless night spent iin the hospital. We were very proud parents walking out of the hospital with our now BIG guy. He weighed in at 5 lbs. 14.5 oz.
