Richardson Chronicles

our misadventures of married & family life

You are here: Home / Archives for instagram

Day 17: hard to believe it@has been 17 days now. Yesterday was actually our one month hospital’versary. Between antepartum and now NICU we are having a hard time knowing what day of the week it is. Big day for little man, he’s got himself a new bed. This is a step down bed from the higher tech humidity controlled environment he has been in since minute one of life. It is one of those signs of his continued stability. Little man actually gained 10 grams overnight which we were pleasantly surprised by. We figured with yesterday’s big weight jump he’d be the same or had pooped some of his weight gain back. Celebrate the little things. Lots of hangout time with mom & dad today as he’s snoozing away like a chill little man. #preemie #nicubaby #boyslife

By Leave a Comment

via Instagram http://ift.tt/1UPDtQY

Day 16: Arrived to the hospital today to see that lil man gained 60 grams, totally skipping 2lbs 12oz & now into the 2lb 13oz range. How accurate are these super expensive machines? We figure he picked up dad’s ability to pack on the pounds after yesterday’s hangout time. Best part of today is that our current nurse happens to be a huge skin to skin advocate (like HUGE) so she petitioned us to get two holdings a day (versus the standard one). So from here on out, baring any setback, each of us will get to hold lil man each day. Yay! Or mom gets double the fun, which is today’s plan. Some asked about Whit watching the Bama game last night. He had an infant Bama jersey, that is probably three years actually fitting on him considering his current size, that was on his bedside so he knew his team. However, there are no TVs in the #NICU so we told him the good news this morning. I suspect he must have been awake for the game, somehow, because he just went back to sleep. #notimpressed #nicubaby #boyslife #preemie #RollTide

By Leave a Comment

via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Op7pj8

Day 14: Whit man celebrates two weeks tomorrow. Feels a little bit longer than that but who is counting, no me. 😄 Today Whit got back to 2lbs 11oz which is getting closer to his birthweight. He’s been upped on the calories, so he’s getting a whopping 26 calories a feeding. Bilirubin is still staying the same so hopefully he can ‘pass’ that on soon enough. He loves his “Zacky” hand which has helped him rest more (look up online it’s pretty cool). We bought one for us and one for the NICU and heard it’s already in use with a newer little little one. Erin is rockstar mom providing for Whit’s care. Beyond all this we continue to be grateful for Whit’s caretakers & the care and prayers of our community of friends & family for our family. It’s crazy humbling. Here is little man a little awake for his afternoon feeding before he sacked out with mom for a couple hours.

By Leave a Comment

via Instagram http://ift.tt/1UHA9r9

Day 12: lil man is doing good today. He’s been resting like a champ. Gained a little weight overnight to get some back that was lost, good, and bilirubin is up, not so good. So we will see what tomorrow brings with all that. Big news was dad got to hold lil man today. Took a bunch of photos of this fabulous event and they all look awkward. His dad unit is pretty awkward so #awkwardfamilyphotos will likely be a thing for years to come. #nicu #nicubaby #preemie #boyslife

By Leave a Comment

via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Rz0h8g