We had a busy day today! We went back to the feeding and swallowing center which is just over an hour away. To be honest Martin and I were a little frustrated with how things went. They don't want him to really try food until he's "opening his mouth wide 100% of the time". What baby does that? We feel like they are approaching him as a baby that won't eat (which is a large number of the kids they work with) vs. treating him as a baby that's never had the opportunity to eat.
Then on the way home we stopped by the hospital where he was born (the first time we've gone back). This brought back a flood of emotions for me. This is where he was for the first 9 weeks, and those were 9 hard weeks. The nurses and respiratory therapist loved seeing him and couldn't get over how big he is (seventeen pounds and two ounces). It was wonderful to see them as well.
So that was our day. Right now Dinky is sitting on the couch with his dad and he is being just hilarious. Sometimes before bedtime he gets really tickled and just giggles and squeals. It's so cute.
Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes and comments. Friends, family and those of you that we have never met, you mean more to us than you will ever know.
Then on the way home we stopped by the hospital where he was born (the first time we've gone back). This brought back a flood of emotions for me. This is where he was for the first 9 weeks, and those were 9 hard weeks. The nurses and respiratory therapist loved seeing him and couldn't get over how big he is (seventeen pounds and two ounces). It was wonderful to see them as well.
So that was our day. Right now Dinky is sitting on the couch with his dad and he is being just hilarious. Sometimes before bedtime he gets really tickled and just giggles and squeals. It's so cute.
Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes and comments. Friends, family and those of you that we have never met, you mean more to us than you will ever know.
posted by Jen | 7:09 PM
2 Comments:
Oh my, oh my. Yes, the looking back is painful, but it humbles me when it brings me forward to today where there are so many good things to hold tightly to. Awesome.
Reading Kim's eloquently beautiful and, for me, metaphoric posting above brought tears to my eyes. Thanks, Kim, and thanks to all, especially our sweet baby. love.....
dobie
I am glad you got to reintroduce Edison to some of his old friends at RWJ. How strange it is to think about how much time has gone by since his birth..he has made such progress and he is only getting cuter and chubbier every day!
I giggled when I read about how he sometimes gets the chuckles around bedtime. This happens to me at close to bedtime often and it is really hard to stop laughing once I start. I call it "the squealers". I think Edison and I are a lot alike!
Love, Sue
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