What a Week!

This was posted Saturday, November 21st. :)

This past week has been somewhat of a wirlwind. All along, we have had nurses and other parents say that when babies turn a corner, everything happens very quickly. Boy, they weren't kidding. Last weekend, William had 17 successful feeds in a row and his doctor said that he could go ad lib demand, which meant he called the shots as to when he ate and how much he wanted.

In order to get discharged, the doctor wanted to see him continue to gain weight on his own feeding schedule. In addition, we got a "rooming in room." The room was not very glamorous with one twin bed, a small pull out chair, and tv with no remote and limited channels, but, William was able to stay in the room with us, hooked up to all his monitors of course.

William gained a few ounces his first full day on ad lib demand and we thought that we could see the light at the end of the tunnel. To our suprise, the doctor was not very impressed with the amount of food that he took in over the two days of rooming in with us and was considering holding him for another day or two. We had been feeding William every 4 hours, but we told the doctor that we would wake him up more often to feed. The doctor agreed this sounded like a good plan and put in the discharge order last Tuesday!

Here we are, getting ready to leave the hospital!

And the car ride home.

Tuesday was a busy day for William. He met Bailee.

His Auntie Ellen.

Grandma Victoria came to visit too.

And so did Jason and Caitlin.

We had our first adventure out of the house Wednesday for a quick walk around the neighborhood.

And last Thursday, William had his first visit to his Pediatrician. His visit couldn't have gone better! William weighed in at 7 lbs 2 ounces (almost 1 lb heavier than his birth weight), was 20.5" long, and had a head circumfrence of 13.5". He was the perfect angel for the doctor, and the doctor even asked if he was this quiet all the time.

On Friday, Uncle Pat and Houston came to visit William.

William really has been an angel. We have him on a 3 hour feeding schedule which we found works best for him. Aside from waking his up for his feedings in the middle of the night, he is a somewhat sound sleeper. He does not wake up crying, but he does make grunting noises when he sleeps. He sounds very much like a billy goat.