It was bitter-sweet walking out of the NICU for the last time. Many of the nurses took care of all three of our babies. They are very sweet and I'm so thankful that they care so much for their NICU kids. It's hard leaving your newborn in the care of others but the NICU nurses convey their love of babies well and make it a tad easier to walk away.
Dean has been home 5 days (well more than that b/c I 've been writing this post over the course of several days) and we are adjusting. Most my time is spent feeding him. I nurse him then follow up with a bottle then pump. Even with Thomas' help (by giving Dean a bottle) it's an hour long process. And he eats every three hours so you can see how I feel like all my time is spent feeding him! In the NICU he was only allowed 30min to eat whether it was all bottle feeding or bottle and nursing. He's so small he needs to conserve calories so they kept feedings to 30min. So we generally do the same here at home. Also, we wake him to make sure he eats every 3 hrs.
He had an appointment last Monday and weighed in at 6lbs 12ozs.
We are doing well and staying put in our house to avoid exposure to germs!
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