Brendan will turn 4 months old this week and as I look back at his first few weeks of life, I am amazed at how he's grown and developed! It seems strange to go back and write about this now as it was so long ago, but I just have to share some of the funny pictures of him during those weeks. It's taken me this long to simply find time to update my blog....ahhh, life of a new mommy....finding time to do ANYTHING will be tough from now on!
When Brendan was born, he weighed 5 lbs and 15 oz. then he LOST weight for a few days. These pictures demonstrate how tiny he was compared to the nurse's hand.
In between learning to breast feed, we had to supplement Brendan's food supply with formula, but he was so small he couldn't take it in a bottle, so Bob fed him through a syringe and tiny tube. In order to do this, Bob propped him up in his car seat with rolled up blankets all around to keep him upright. What a sight compared to now!
Our very own little glow worm. After Brendan was born, he had jaundice or Bili Rubin. The first step in treating this was to have him lay on a special glowing blanket all day and night. We could hold him with the blanket glowing all around him.
After the doctor's decided the glow blanket wasn't enough, they put Brendan in a special bed, a Bili Rubin bed. It glows and has special heat and lights like a tanning bed. This is to help get rid of the Bili Rubin in his system. While he was in the bed, he had to wear special goggles to protect his eyes - just like when adults tan. The green circular thing in his mouth was his pacifier. It was almost as big as his head! We were limited on the amount of time we could hold him for several days because he had to lie in the bed.
Grandma Maribeth (my mom) seeing Brendan for the very first time.
Look at the size of those diapers! He was so tiny that even the preemie diapers were huge on him.
We like to think he's getting ready for sunbathing and a life on the beach just like his dad always dreams about. In fact, the nurses nick named him Mr. Hollywood because he looked so comfortable in his tanning bed with his arm propped up by his head in the middle of the night.
Brendan had a lot of challenges in the beginning. He had a relapse of the Bili Rubin after leaving the hospital and we all had to go back for a few days. He struggled with eating too, but after you see pictures of him today, you would never know that. He's getting more and more plump with everyday.
After the doctor's decided the glow blanket wasn't enough, they put Brendan in a special bed, a Bili Rubin bed. It glows and has special heat and lights like a tanning bed. This is to help get rid of the Bili Rubin in his system. While he was in the bed, he had to wear special goggles to protect his eyes - just like when adults tan. The green circular thing in his mouth was his pacifier. It was almost as big as his head! We were limited on the amount of time we could hold him for several days because he had to lie in the bed.
Grandma Maribeth (my mom) seeing Brendan for the very first time.
Look at the size of those diapers! He was so tiny that even the preemie diapers were huge on him.
We like to think he's getting ready for sunbathing and a life on the beach just like his dad always dreams about. In fact, the nurses nick named him Mr. Hollywood because he looked so comfortable in his tanning bed with his arm propped up by his head in the middle of the night.Brendan had a lot of challenges in the beginning. He had a relapse of the Bili Rubin after leaving the hospital and we all had to go back for a few days. He struggled with eating too, but after you see pictures of him today, you would never know that. He's getting more and more plump with everyday.
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I love the pictures. Thanks for sharing. Grandma Brenda
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