Rylee’s lookin’ super cute, sporting her LITTLE baby beanie, BIG baby bow, and proving to us all that BALD is BEAUTIFUL!! (A big thank you to my cousin Denelle for the hand-made bows, they are darling!)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Let’s Go For a Ride!
Rylee’s all bundled up in her car seat. She just got back from her second weigh in.
Home Sweet Home
Rylee has been home for 2 weeks now, and the 3 of us are settling in to our new routine. Rylee has done VERY well. She’s eating really well, sleeping most of the time, and overall has continued to be the same easy-going girl she’s been from day one!
She had her first check-up with our pediatrician 2 days after she came home, and everything seems to be going really well. She has to be on oxygen for the time being. Her doctor says she could be off of it in a couple weeks, or she could need it for several months. She was measured and weighed, and she posted some pretty good numbers. Rylee was an even 6 lbs and was 18 inches long. A week later we took her in to be weighed and she had gained another 8 1/2 ounces! I think she might have been close to 8 lbs if she’d been able to take it easy and finish growing in her mama’s tummy instead of doing it the hard way!
Lance and I are still figuring out what works best for both of us as far as taking turns with Rylee, but I think we’ve narrowed down a schedule that lets both of us get the sleep we need, and gives us both a little one on one time with our little sweetheart! Overall, the first 2 weeks have been a success (not easy, but definitely worth it)!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
She's HOME!
The big day finally came! Little miss Rylee actually got
to come home last Tuesday, February 9th, 3 weeks
before she was due! Here we are, leaving the hospital for
the first time as a family. Rylee practically disappears in
her car seat, but I promise she's in there!!
CPR: Car Packed and Ready
(Lance and I had to take an infant CPR class before Rylee
could come home. One of the questions on the test was what
does CPR stand for. Car packed and ready was one of the
options, not the right answer, but it was our favorite!)
Rylee's Last Night In The NBICU
Rylee got to spend her last night in the hospital with her favorite nurse. He gave her a bath and picked out a pretty little bow so she could be super cute for the big day! (And, sticking with tradition, after they got her nice and clean and smelling nice, she had one last blow out for Chris!) We will miss all of the awesome people we got to know over the last few months, but we are also very glad to have her home.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Smile!
Rylee has been trying to avoid letting us catch
her smiling when the camera is out, but we caught
her this time! She smiles a lot: when she has a
full tummy, when she hears mommy's voice, has gas,
and she even smiles when she hears other people
laugh! Our little angel has a sense of humor already!
Update
A quick update since my last post: Rylee had a rough weekend a couple weeks ago and scared Grandma Teressa by not breathing while grandma held her, and then she had some pretty bad episodes over the next day and night, so her NNP and Doctor decided she wanted just one more blood transfusion, which worked wonders! A couple days later she had virtually stopped having her little "not breathing" episodes, and has been eating and breathing like a champ ever since. She weighed in at 5 lbs 4 oz last night, and took her first full feeding from a bottle! If she keeps this up she should be ready to come home in a week or two!
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