After almost seven weeks, we are officially parents! I have had many people ask me how parenthood is, but it never fully hit me. We were visiting a baby at the hospital everyday, but leaving her there and going home to sleep. Now Kaitlyn is with us all the time and we love it! She was sent home on a monitor to watch her heart rate and breathing since she is still on caffeine. She is also still on oxygen during her feedings. Both of these will be reevaluated in two weeks.
The first night was wonderful, yes, even with the middle of the night feedings. We had our first pediatrician appointment at 10:20 Wednesday morning and we actually got out of the house on time. We were certainly impressed with ourselves. The rest of day was spent feeding her, changing her, and watching her sleep and it was great. Kaitlyn also received her first bath (at home) from Mima that evening. She seemed to enjoy it, check out the pictures.
Now we are just taking one day at a time and trying to find our own routine. Thank you all again for the prayers and support. We wouldn’t be where we are today without all of you!
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Hooray! I have been checking in all the while to see how Kaitlyn has been doing and am SOOO excited to hear she is home. You probably have no idea what a blessing it is to have this website, and “check in” from afar, so as to give you the time you need to be a family, but still feel like we are “participating”. It will be a wonderful way to remember the blur that this will become (sounds crazy, but true!). You two are champions and Kaitlyn was able to thrive because of the overwhelming love and support she received from you. We are looking forward to meeting her! Here’s to Barney on Ice, soccer games, first crushes and high heels!! Enjoy every minute,
Chelsea