Monday, June 1, 2009

7 Pounds!!

Hey everyone,

Josh here. Lindsay's already in bed, so I thought I'd do a late night post. Willow's been doing good since she got her transfusion. Over the weekend she did really well nursing with Lindsay, and today she's taken every feed with the bottle. They tried using a new nipple for the bottle feedings today, and she seems to like it. Her nurse said she's pretty much just been sucking non-stop during the feeds and not having any problems. Were very hopeful this will continue. However, I don't want to get to excited yet and jinx it.

Willow hit 7 pounds today. It's a number that is hard to fathom for us. When she was born at 1 lb. 13oz. even 3 lbs. sounded big. Now she's 7 lbs. and gaining weight. Both Lindsay and her brother were 7 lbs. 1 oz. at birth. I'm not exactly sure what I was, but my mom has told me I was perfect 10's in the apgar scores. I'm sure you all already figured that out :)

Willow got her first look at the outdoors on Sunday. We walked her over to the window and looked at the pretty trees.
Don't be alarmed at the IV sticking out of her head. I guess they couldn't find a good vein in her hand, so they went to the head. Apparantly it's very common. In fact the baby right next to Willow had one as well. It looked much worse than it was for Willow. She didn't seen to mind one bit. On Sunday they took it out and it hardly even left a mark.


She's really looking like a baby lately. The brought in a swing for her to sit in. She likes it alot. It's got a bunch of flashing lights and makes some noises. However, none of that matters when your sound asleep.



Hope you all have a good week.

See ya,

Josh

5 comments:

Camhartnell said...

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SWING! Can't wait till Willow can swing in the park with all the big kids. We're psyched that the transfusion worked so well as well as changing up the nipple. Yippi, soon she will be outside.

-Liz & Cam

Lois Bell said...

Hi Jenson family. I loved the latest pics. She is all smiles in that one and seemed to love looking at the outdoors. Sounds like a really good weekend for all. We are enjoying having Charles around. He was quite irked about her getting any blood but his!! So yay Willow. Keep up the good work. Much love, G'ma L. and G'pa Z.

Marcia said...

Wow! What a great job you two have done on this blog. Willow, 7 pounds! Ü Working in L&D I see more of you two than her, but I'm gonna get in there to check her out. Congrats on such great progress.

Jody said...

She looks so cute....it won't be long now and you'll all be home.

thinking of you all...Jody

Chris and Alyssa said...

Soon, soon, soon!

Best,
Chris.Alyssa.Rozzi