"One month old today"

Hello everyone. It has been a month since Morgan's due date so he is really one month old. Sorry it has been so long since my last post. These last two weeks with Morgan home has been very challenging. I thought the transition would go a little easier. He won't sleep in his bassinet so Brad and I take turns sleeping with him in the recliner in the living room. Over the past couple of days I have put him in the bassinet and he will take maybe a 20 minute nap in it and then wake up crying. I thought for sure he would be better at sleeping in his own bed because he did it in the NICU. We saw the pulmonologist (lung doctor) yesterday and based on the apnea monitor he things maybe Morgan is getting reflux and that is why he is very fussy at times and likes to sleep on our chest at night. He prescribed some medicine so I am hoping that will make a difference. The doctor didn't change any of his oxygen settings but I am hoping he will when we go back in 2 weeks. Another concern is that Morgan isn't gaining as much weight as we would like to see. I think he is burning more calories at home because he is more active and probably crying more than in the NICU. The thickened formula isn't helping him either because the thickener has no nutritional value and takes up a lot of volume so Morgan has to eat more to get the amount of calories he needs. Hopefully his next swallow study will show he can go down to less thickened formula. Overall things are going well and we are very glad to have Morgan home.

Morgan is home!!

Hi everyone. I just wanted to give a quick update to let you know that Morgan came home yesterday. His discharge had been talked about for the past week but I could never get a final word from the doctors. I called Friday morning to see about him going home and the nurse talked to the doctor and called back and said he would be discharged when ever we came to get him. Well of course Brad and I left work early to go get him. He enjoyed the car ride home but last night he didn't sleep very much. He just needs to get used to the new surroundings so hopefully tonight will go better. I will post more later.

Quick Update on going home status

I spoke with the doctor yesterday about when Morgan will be going home. She is pleased with everything except maybe how much volume he is taking at each feeding. He was taking around 55-60 ml (2 ounces) but she would like to see him taking 65-70 ml because of his size. He weighed in yesterday at 7 pounds 10 ounces! Unfortunately the swallow study on Monday showed that he still needs the honey thickened feeds with a cross cut nipple which is the hardest combination to drink. Morgan did very well yesterday when I fed him, he sucked down 75 ml in no time so I am hoping he continues to do that. As long as he continues to eat well he should be going home tomorrow or Friday possibly Saturday or Sunday, but either way he will be going home soon!!!