Brady Update

Brady's bilirubin levels went down so we were able to take him off the light today.  The nurse will come back again tomorrow to check his levels.  If they have gone up he goes back on the light, otherwise he is light free!  It's so nice to be able to hold our baby!!

Pumpkin Patch

A few weeks ago, pre-Brady, we took Eamon to the Pumpkin Patch.  We told Eamon the night before that we were going to the farm in the morning and he was so excited.  The first thing that he said to me when he woke up on Saturday morning was, "We go to the farm?" 

The first thing to do at the farm was to ride the toddler tractors.

After a quick maze and visit with some chickens, goats and other barn animals, Eamon decided he needed to ride the horse.

We watched a couple of baby cows being fed from HUGE bottles and then Eamon and Daddy climbed up on the pile of hay bales.

We then took a hayride to the pumpkin patch.  Eamon really enjoyed the hayride.

Eamon & Daddy looking for a pumpkin.

 Eamon was on the lookout for his baby pumpkin.  When we first arrived at the patch he found this one, but we convinced him to keep looking (Big Mistake!!)

 All of the other pumpkins we found were too big (even if they were smaller than the first one we saw)

or they were too dirty...

So we kept looking.  Mommy and Daddy found pumpkins,

but Eamon just couldn't find the perfect one.

Finally, Eamon spotted the only hayride being pulled by donkeys (all the others were pulled by tractors) and he decided we needed to get on that one.  Eamon took a B-line towards the hayride and Daddy just picked up a small pumpkin on the way.  Eamon didn't seem to notice that he never picked out a pumpkin.

We had a great morning at the pumpkin patch.

Brady Update

Today is day 4 of Brady being on the Bilibed.  His levels are going down, but not quickly enough.  Friday and Saturday when the nurse came out Brady had lost some weight.  Today he gained 1/2 oz - hooray!!  Yesterday they asked us to start supplementing his feedings.  I have enough milk, Brady just keeps falling asleep.  So after every nursing we force feed him pumped breastmilk.  Seems to be working since he gained a little weight.  The nurse will call us again this afternoon after the lab results come back and she's talked to the dr. to let us know if we need to keep him on the bed or if we can take him off.  I have a feeling he'll at least be on the bed another day or two.  We would really like to get him off so we can snuggle with him!

Eamon is doing pretty good with Baby Brother.  He is struggling to share his mommy though.

We haven't been taking many pictures, when he gets out of his bed we'll take lots more!

A comparison of my baby boys at birth.

To the left - Eamon (1/11/08), 9 lbs 7 oz
To the Right - Brady (10/25/10), 6 lbs 8 oz

More Pictures of Brady

 Waiting to leave...

Brady Update

Brady and I were discharged yesterday around 5:30 pm.  We had a pretty good night.  I learned that Brady really doesn't want to sleep in his bed, he wants to be held all night.  Eamon did really good with Baby Brother and slept all night long in his bed.  He was a very happy boy when we took him to school this morning dressed as a monkey ready for his class's fall party.

When we were discharged from the hospital, we were asked to take Brady to our pediatrician today or tomorrow for a follow-up with our pediatrician to check his weight and his biliruben levels.  His bili count has doubled since being discharged yesterday so a nurse was sent to our house to set up a bilibed so Brady can do phototherapy for the next few days.  Poor little guy isn't too thrilled about being in there, but he's going to be ok.  A nurse will come to check on him daily and assess whether or not he needs to stay on the therapy. 

Otherwise we are doing good!

Eamon and Brady

Eamon was able to look at Brady (Baby Brother) on Monday night in the NICU, but wasn't able to get too close.  MamaMarie picked Eamon up from from school on Tuesday and brought him to the hospital.  Brady had just been transferred to the Newborn Nursery and we were still waiting for him to get to our room. 

When Aunt Jen brought Eamon to the hospital on Monday she let him pick out a balloon for Brady - this is the balloon he chose. He couldn't take the balloon into the NICU so it stayed in my room. Eamon wound up taking the balloon with him to Marie's house last night.

Here is Eamon patiently waiting for Baby Brother.

 

Eamon was so excited to see Brady.  He immediately wanted to hold him.

And kiss him

 And touch his face.

 And sing to him.

And take his hat off to check out his hair.

And rub his head