Originally Posted by skinsguy
Tony is progressing really well at home! This weekend marked two months removed from open heart surgery, and we were able to "handle" him a little more like a normal baby.
He hadn't had a chance to do a lot of "tummy time", which is where babies learn to push themselves up, roll themselves over, and eventually learn to crawl. So, he's a little behind in that aspect, but we're starting to give him tummy time each day and hopes that he'll figure it out. Right now, he's kind of like, "Uh, Mom and Dad, why are you laying me on my stomach??"
His weight gain has been a little slower, so we had to place him on some fortifier in addition to his milk to up his calories. We're also trying to get him to take at least 3oz of milk per feeding, but we're hoping to get him into taking 4oz on a regular basis. We're not quite at the point where we can allow him to sleep as long as he wants to during the night, so we're keeping him on a regular nightly feeding schedule. I'll feed him at 1am, and my wife feeds him at 5am. That seems to work out pretty well for both of us. I'm getting about 6 - 7 hours of sleep at night, so I count myself as lucky!
I'll try to post some pictures from his photoshoot from a week ago. He loves getting his picture taken! We're taking him back to Duke for his hernia surgery on April 3rd. He's got three hernias, one of which will heal on its own and won't need surgery, but the other two will. So, we figured we'd handle that on our long weekend off. He should be in and out on the same day, but it's still surgery. Once we're done with this, hopefully we're done with anything that has to do with a hospital for now! We've done our best in keeping him home and not exposing him to too many people during RSV and flu season. We're just about out of that season, so we're starting to take him out a little bit more.
I know I haven't posted anything on the Caring Bridge website for awhile. Been busy at work, and at work seems to be the only time I'm able to make time for Caring Bridge, lol! When I'm at home, I'm not in front of the computer much.
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