6 weeks yesterday

Brady had her 6 week birthday on Monday and as of her weight check yesterday was 5 pounds 13.5 ounces.  While I’m paranoid/terrified about everything right now including her not eating quite as much as they were having her eat in the NICU (2 ounces) she’s somehow gaining and that’s all that matters.  The pediatrician reassured us that she will eat when she’s hungry and that we our schedule doesn’t have to be quite as strict as it was in the NICU.

Right now we’re trying to establish some sort of routine and anything else we manage to get done (including posting) is just a bonus.  Please be patient with us and the lack of posts as we adjust to life as parents outside of the NICU where we were only parenting 8 hours a day, now it’s a full-time job.  We’re still getting to know Brady and she’s still getting to know us.  The dogs have done surprisingly well.  For the first couple of hours that we were home from the hospital we had hte gate up and they were so anxious to see what was going on.  The dogs haven’t fought each other or shown any signs of aggression towards her at all.  In fact, they want to kiss any exposed flesh they can find.  It’s pretty cute that they love her and are so interested in what she’s doing and hopefully as she gets bigger she’ll learn to like all of those sloppy kisses.  It’s been interesting taking care of her because she doesn’t cry and has only fussed so far when we’ve had cold hands or have taken to long getting her dressed.  That she does cry for some things is comforting because she will tell us is something is seriously bothering her but right now she just isn’t sweating the small stuff.  It sounds like a parent’s dream and it sort of is but it’d be nice to know when she’s hungry other than her just grunting and flicking her tongue in and out of her mouth.  Almost a week and she’s still alive and thriving so we must be doing something right.

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