Life in the Bubble: Twenty Three and Twenty Four weeks old

Actual: Twenty three weeks (February 10th - 16th)
Corrected: Ten weeks
Weight: 11 pounds 4 ounces (February 16)

We had a busy week this week. We started off at the ENT doctor. Andrew and I are so happy that Evan's zombie noises have not come back. We knew that the doctor could potentially hear something via the stethoscope, but we had high hopes Evan would have clear breathing. Thankfully the doctor didn't hear any issues with Evan's trachea! We'll go back in another 8 weeks for another check up.

Evan also had a head ultrasound scheduled this week. This ultrasound was to check up on the connatal cysts that were present in Evan's brain at birth. The NICU doctors always told us that they were benign and wouldn't present problems for Evan. Evan's pediatrician just wanted to see if the cysts were still present. Evan was a champ for the test. He took his bottle while the technician styled his few wisps of hair with goo. The unofficial report when we left was that the cysts appeared to have disappeared! We had to wait another several days to get the official report that told the same story. We are so relieved.

February 16th was my 30th birthday. Uncle Owen and Stephanie came up the night before to babysit Mr. Pants. I'm happy to report that a good time was had by all. Andrew and I managed to get away fro about 4 hours. We had an awesome dinner. I called home only because I felt like it was a requirement - I knew Evan was in excellent hands with Owen and Steph.

Here's Mr. Pants lovin' his thumb.

A green lamb huh. Well I'll be.

So this happened. No, that is not Evan. This is Layla, our chihuahua.

I'm not sure I can be a Yankees fan without Jeter!

Grampa is funny!!

Boop bee boop. Just practicin' my robot speak.

Now I'm practicing throwing my football.
Oh, Momma says that's all I'll ever get to do. Practice. Football is not chess club.

Gma, tell me more about this Little Penguin!

Uh, so there's a smell. And I'm pretty sure it was the dogs. Definitely not me.

Evan proves once again he can sleep anywhere that is not his bassinet.

You may commence with the washing Momma.

Actual: Twenty Four weeks (February 17th - 23rd)

Corrected: Eleven weeks

Weight: 11 pounds 7 ounces (February 23)

Evan just had his regular PT and OT appointments this week. He did manage to roll from his right side onto his stomach during his OT on Friday. We think it was intentional, but he has yet to do it again. Maybe he figures he's already done it once. We're really working on his head movement. He has a black and white striped "B" that he is just entranced by. I'll hold it up in front of his face and move it across his line of vision. He has been getting better with moving his head back and forth. Great progress! :)

On the 18th Evan was officially home longer than he was in the NICU. Evan was in the NICU for 81 days (including when he had to go back after his weekend visit home). Woohoo!

Evan is also exclusively breast fed. I put my pump away (just in the closet for now so it's not too far away). Evan is sleeping for 4-5 hour stretches at night. He seems to have mastered getting enough to eat. With his weight gain, I'm confident that he's taking enough. I have yet to see if breast feeding will help with his reflux. It certainly hasn't made a difference with his toots!