Day 81

Day 81

Jack passed his car seat test! Good boy Jack! He also did very well rooming in with us last night.

At first it was strangely quiet. We could actually hear Jack breathing from across the room! The NICU is a very busy and noisy place so it was nice to relax in our PJ’s in a private room with our little guy! He didn’t fuss much at all, although at least one of us was tending to him each minute of the night!

He definitely lets us know when it’s time to eat! He either cries or just stares at us while sucking on his hands or arms or clothing or pacifier…it’s the cutest thing. He took about half of all of his feedings by bottle last night. He’s also got a new feeding schedule. He’s getting right under 2oz (56ccs) every 4 hours. He was used to smaller amounts every three hours. He did well for his first trial run on the new schedule. We are getting better and better at feeding him with the tube. It’s really not that big of a deal. Like most things you just want to make sure you have everything you need right next to you before you start! Either that or pick up an extra pair of hands somewhere…

His monitor alarm did go off a few times last night. They were all false alarms. The apnea alarm is very sensitive and won’t always pick up shallow breathing. There’s also an alarm if either of the leads falls off or gets loose so we discovered that as well. And this thing is so loud it could probably wake our next door neighbors! So it does its job, and that’s exactly what we want it to do!

All in all, it’s a great idea to room in before coming home. We feel much more comfortable caring for Jack now. It’s not as scary as we thought it would be. So after nearly three months, home is only days away. It will be the happiest day of our lives