Although I am REALLY LATE at posting this, I am proud to tell you that........Asa is a "NICU" ALUMNI!! He came home on Sunday, Dec. 5th, and I am LOVING every moment with him. I feel like I have to catch up for the 6 weeks I was without him. We have been super busy adjusting to life with a newborn, and learning what our new "normal" is. Everything now revolves around him and his schedule. We went down to Little Rock to be with our families for Christmas and New Years, and just now getting back to normal.
First carseat ride
The three of us!
Taking a nap after arriving home!
First Bath
Asa came home at 5.1 lbs, and went up to 5.8lbs at his first check up a week later. Ten days later he was up to 6.11, and as of today, January 3rd he is 7 pounds, 11 ounces!!!
He is growing like a little weed. He is on 3oz. every four hours (yes, I am blessed!), we supplement 1/2 teaspoon of formula in with his breastmilk for extra calories, and he takes an iron supplement in his bottle 2x a day for his anemia. He has acid reflux (just went to doctor today) and spits up and is very gassy. You can hear it in the back of his throat. Yuck! Any suggestions for this, I will take! I just got a prescription today, so we will see how he does with that. Even though he is almost 10 weeks old, he still acts like he is a week old. He was due December 26th, so that is what we go off of for his "development" chart. He is holding up his head better each day. He is noticiing his hands and can focus on people. I can't wait until he looks up at me and smiles intentionally. It's the same feeling of waiting for your baby to kick for the first time. Melt your heart!
I have more pictures to come from the holiday's and NURSERY pictures!!
Thank you for your continued prayers for Asa. We are very blessed to have him!
Congrats! What a cutie! :)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth- he is PRECIOUS! I know you are so glad to have him home and his little NICU grad outfit is about the cutest thing I have ever seen!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Elizabeth!! Shannon has kept me updated...I'm so sorry you guys went through everything that you did, but I know that you are thrilled that he is here and healthy!! Such a cutie!!!
ReplyDeleteSo happy he is home with you... As a mother of a preemie- I remember the acid reflux. Our son Austin was 7 weeks early and had to be on the vitamin Poly-Vi-Sol, and axid for acid reflux. It helped if we would hold him underneath his arms and hold him out in front of us- he would then stretch his body- which helped with digestion.
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