Parker was supposed to be relaxing. Once again when the little guy gets free rein of his limbs he is constantly moving.
When we work on tummy time his legs just go the whole time. He will be crawling once he can hold his head up long enough!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Aunt Dani
Aunt Dani and Parker hanging out. Don't mind my decorations in the background that have yet to be hung...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Little man
My little man weighed in at six pounds today at the doc - up ten ounces since last week.
And today he fit in newborn clothes, finally not swimming in them!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Faker
See that face? Totally spoiled by grandma. Fussed until I picked him up all morning then out. Just wants to cuddle...
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Sponge bath time
Clean for about two minutes before he filled his drawers up. Lol. Lucky his diaper was back on by that point!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
First car ride with mom
We went to the doc this afternoon to get checked out and have a weigh in. He weighed 5lbs 6oz. So doing well. We left the hospital at 5lbs 1/2 oz.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Action shot
Just hanging out at home. Getting impatient with me. Guess he was ready to eat. Just kicking his legs as fast as they could go. Lol
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Graduation
Last night Kris had graduation for his Journeyman Plumbing. We are so proud of him!
Receiving his perfect attendance award
Receiving Diploma
A couple guys from work/class and his teacher
Friday, June 17, 2011
Car seat test
Today Parker had his car seat test to see if he could handle the ride home. All went well. Looked pretty tiny in there.
Doctor also gave the go ahead to try to bottle all feedings now. We're getting closer every day :)
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Five for Five!
Today was really good. As of right now we are five for five on drinking full bottles. But he just got his circumcision done so might be done for by eleven. We will see.
We get mixed reports about how long to expect to be here. The doctors make it seem like at least a week while the nurses think could be this weekend and want you to have everything ready to go home. So idk. The nurses actually see the progress day to day while the doctors just see the numbers and check marks. Either way sounds like shorter than we had anticipated from early conversations.
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Just snoring away...
Snoring away like his dad. We are two for two on bottles this morning and he's tired.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Making progress
Parker got five full bottles down today! The doctor increased the number of times he can attempt to six today. On the sixth one he was just too tired to finish. He got all but a bit in the bottom.
Otherwise he is more and more alert every day. Love seeing those big eyes checking things out.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Tuesday
Its only tuesday but seems like so much longer since we've been here. Time flies during the day though with our routine. The nurses want you very hands on so are just basically here to monitor and feed or finish feeding with his tube.
Anyways, Parker had an awesome day. He got two full bottles down without any of it having to be finished by tube :) so proud. The others he just seemed too exhausted to finish. They only give him a half hour to try before using the tube. And right now every other feeding is pure feeding tube. But we are making progress!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Today
We had a pretty good day today. His schedule is to eat every three hours and every other we try a bottle.
Today he ate quite a bit from the bottle every time we tried.
Parker was very alert today and we got lots of cuddle time in.
He does have some slight jaundice that they are monitoring but it hasn't got worse. The doctor said it should get better soon.
Move
Today I had to be checked out but Parker has to stay. We made our move over to NICU.
He didn't make much progress today. Wasn't interested at eating from a bottle.
The doctor made it sound like we could be here awhile longer. Parker is once again proving he is in charge and we are now on his schedule.
Doctor made it a point to say how well he is doing for being early. Just has to learn to eat at his own pace.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Parker in NICU
I figured rather than try to answer everything on text until we go home I will try and keep my blog updated on Parker's status.
Since he was born 5 weeks early we were aware that he could be transferred to NICU right away due to his size or other complications. He arrived, was crying right away and passsed all tests. After everything was checked out they wanted to try and get him fed right away.
He wasn't interested in eating but took a little from a bottle right away. We were told that he couldn't go through two feedings in a row using a tube to feed him or he would be transferred to NICU. He didn't pass the 10:30 or 1:30 feeding. The nurses told us that typically babies don't develop the suck/breathe/swallow reflex until 38 weeks and it is typical that he doesn't know how.
So the first night he got transferred down to NICU; he also was having trouble maintaining body temperature the first night so they started him on antibiotics. Which he will have to take for 48 hours.
Yesterday he made a lot of progress on learning to eat. At every feeding he at least took some from a bottle and by the end of the day he was sucking on a pacifier and breathing at the same time.
They haven't gave us a timeline of how long he will be here but we do know that he will have to learn to eat before he goes home and the antibiotics will make it at least Monday.
Last night I got to cuddle with him for a couple of hours before I went to bed. He's so tiny but absolutely precious.
Hoping for another good day! :)
Since he was born 5 weeks early we were aware that he could be transferred to NICU right away due to his size or other complications. He arrived, was crying right away and passsed all tests. After everything was checked out they wanted to try and get him fed right away.
He wasn't interested in eating but took a little from a bottle right away. We were told that he couldn't go through two feedings in a row using a tube to feed him or he would be transferred to NICU. He didn't pass the 10:30 or 1:30 feeding. The nurses told us that typically babies don't develop the suck/breathe/swallow reflex until 38 weeks and it is typical that he doesn't know how.
So the first night he got transferred down to NICU; he also was having trouble maintaining body temperature the first night so they started him on antibiotics. Which he will have to take for 48 hours.
Yesterday he made a lot of progress on learning to eat. At every feeding he at least took some from a bottle and by the end of the day he was sucking on a pacifier and breathing at the same time.
They haven't gave us a timeline of how long he will be here but we do know that he will have to learn to eat before he goes home and the antibiotics will make it at least Monday.
Last night I got to cuddle with him for a couple of hours before I went to bed. He's so tiny but absolutely precious.
Hoping for another good day! :)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Parker Kristopher
Hanging out in NICU.
Born June 10th. 5 lbs 4 oz 19.5 inches.
Cuter than ever. Love this little man more than I could have ever imagined.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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