Home for good

We were discharged from the hospital yesterday right before lunch time. Aubrey is now pooping and peeing normally. and she has an appetite! Ever since coming home, what we give her isn't enough. At the same time, we are careful to give her too much so her stomach can hold it down.

The nurses didn't want her to go home, as they were all enchanted by our little princess. Everyday we were there, each nurse and doctor that came in just had to say how cute she was. Even when we first checked in, one of the first nurses to help her said not too many babies look good, but we got lucky =)

We've been extremely busy with the two kids now. So updating this blog may slow down!

Good latch

Ms. Aubrey Artemis is a great latcher. Thanks to the advice of the lactation consultant. Remember, mommies: Don't forcefeed! I made that mistake with my firstborn, and it took us a very long time to get breastfeeding down! With Aubrey, we got on it pretty fast.

Progress report

Well, today, I finally stepped out into the sunlight for a cold walk that I needed. It's been 4 days since I've been in the hospital with Aubrey and haven't seen the sunlight. Brief walk, but it did the job.

On to much more exciting news, everything on Aubrey's face had been taken off, including the OG tube. She was given 30 mL of pedialyte water to start with and see how her system took it.... it took it well! Then she did 20 minutes of solid breastfeeding a couple of hours later, and so far, she's alright! Very big steps for Aubrey!!

We are staying another night to monitor how this feeding goes, and if all goes well, her IV comes off tonight. They haven't told us when we'd be going home but we'll wait for that right time because we don't want to go home and there are still problems. But everything is looking in the right direction.

I finally got to hold her...

Tonight was a bit harsh for baby Aubrey. It seems the pain of hunger has gotten to her because she couldn't stop crying, and I couldn't stop the guilt of not being able to feed her. We have to wait for the surgeon's OK before we can give her milk. It's so horrible to have to wait!!

But I was able to hold her tonight and hum her a lullabye that helped her to fall asleep. My poor little lady.......... she is going through so much.........

Have I said this enough?

I really hate seeing Aubrey sleeping peacefully only because she's got morphine in her. How I love the thought, though, that she's not feeling as much pain..... but I wish she were asleep only because she's sleeping and resting, not from the drug :(

My poor babygirl..... I can't wait until she's off this whole thing.

We miss you Gerard!!

Where do I even begin to express how much I miss my little brat?

It feels like I haven't seen him in a whole month, which pretty much is a fact. In between moving, settling down, giving birth to his new sister and going back to the hospital for her surgery, we have barely seen our bouncy boy. I miss him so much. The few times we have spent together -- which is barely a week in the last 30 days -- it feels like he has grown up so much! We call the little guy just about every day we aren't with him, and he's talking so much now. As his momma, I can't believe I'm missing all of this. But at the same time, I can't leave his baby sister alone at the hospital while she's recovering from surgery.

The day we brought his new sister home, Gerard was so excited. The smile on his face was priceless. Him wanting to touch his new sister was also priceless! And then knocking on our bedroom door first thing the following morning to say "Papa... Mama.... Bebe!" was very priceless too! He is very aware of his new baby sister :) Unfortunately, our reunion didn't last very long because we had to take her back to the hospital for a much-needed surgery. Once again, we had to say goodbye to our little man.... he cried and didn't want us to leave him.

We gave him a call today (he's been staying with grandma) and he mumbled a whole lot of toddler talk, but he did say "bebe." I'm sure he misses us just as much as we miss him.

We'll be home soon, Gerard. We love you so much.
 

"Maybe tomorrow"

That's the one phrase that's not such good news, but not bad news. Aubrey's surgeon determined that her NG tube (??) will be pulled today and then monitor how her system is without it, then "maybe tomorrow" she can eat. It pains us to see and hear her cry from the hunger. The best we can do is cradle her and make her go back to sleep to forget about it. Poor little angel......   Babies don't deserve any of this! They should be home, being fed and crying for more, and not hooked up to any tubes.

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