Back to Work

Hannah is now 6 and 1/2 pounds. We took her back to the hospital yesterday for some routine blood tests. She slept the whole time, except the part where they poked her in the heel and drew some blood, of course. We're getting used to changing the nasal cannula (it gets blocked with snot after a few days), swapping the pulse oximeter probe from foot to foot (it can cause irritation and deformity if left on the same toe all the time), and threading her clothes over the air tube and wires any time she needs a change of outfit (once per spit-up).

We've adjusted the routine so I can get in a half-day of work each day this week, from home. Unfortunately for Carla, this means she's doing the bulk of the diaper/bottle duty. We were splitting it 50/50. I usually pre-measure all the bottles for the nighttime/morning feeds, and add the medicine to each, before going to bed so Carla doesn't have to do all that measuring and mixing while half-asleep. We envy parents that ONLY have to change and feed their baby during the night, without the hoses, wires, and five medicines. :-)

Carla's parents left yesterday morning after a good visit. Here's a picture of the cool tiger-skin rug they brought (among a cartload of other stuff) for Hannah.