Brady had her 6 week birthday on Monday and as of her weight check yesterday was 5 pounds 13.5 ounces.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re still getting to know Brady and she’s still getting to know us.\u00c2\u00a0 The dogs have done surprisingly well.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 The dogs haven’t fought each other or shown any signs of aggression towards her at all.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, they want to kiss any exposed flesh they can find.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 Almost a week and she’s still alive and thriving so we must be doing something right.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brady had her 6 week birthday on Monday and as of her weight check yesterday was 5 pounds 13.5 ounces.\u00c2\u00a0 While I’m paranoid\/terrified about everything right now including her not eating quite as much as they were having her eat … Continue reading