"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.