Our Fighters: L is for Leavin

YEAH! Landon is home! Like a friend said on facebook, "Out first, home first, only fair"! Rooming in at the hospital was good in that we had the nursing staff available and we got to feed Grant in the middle of the night but bad in that the hallway was louder than loud and I of course couldn't sleep. Brian on the other hand slept like a champ! Tuesday we decided to stay and feed Grant again and run a few errands before making the trip home. Plus then we got to leave during my favorite shift of nurses, the evening shift:). We got him all bundled up and ready to go with all our goodies to make the trip home. Landon didn't seem to mind that it was freezing and snowing out, he was busy sucking his pacifier the whole way home.

Roomin' in with Landon

Getting ready to leave

All bundled up...no hands please!:)

First feeding at home

Bailey came up to help

The first couple of nights were a little rough, getting him used to sleeping in a new bed, finding out what works best, etc. but we're starting to get more of a routine now and being a teacher, of course I love routines/schedules! Friday was his first trip to the Doctor's Office. It went very well and they thought he was doing great so far! Current weight is up to 4lbs 10oz! He's taking his entire feeding at each feeding and sometimes acting like he wants even more! We'll have to wait a few more days though to increase that.

They even let us feed Landon before we left

He's already had visits from Grandma & Grandpa Siegrist, Grandma Nancy is here for another week to help out and Uncle Ryan is visiting as well.

Got the first bath over with today, already getting too small for the hospital tub, going to have to bust out the whale tub for the next bath!

Let's not forget about our little peanut Grant. He had a rough couple of days with his bottle feedings. Wasn't really taking much at all before getting really tired and had some alarms (bradys). I think it was him telling us he missed his brother! Good news though, he has taken the last four FULL bottles so we think we finally found a nipple that he likes!
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