Jackson is home!!!!

Yesterday we were told that a carseat test was ordered for Jackson. We have been waiting to hear this for a long time. It means that they have to sit in their carseat for a few hours to make sure that they can handle the angle....but it also means that it is the very last step before a baby can go home. It was very bittersweet to hear this though, as Madison is not quite ready to come home yet.


(my baby Madison getting ready for feeding time)

 

 

 

 

Madison has had a few small setbacks. She hasn't been taking all her feeds so they have been feeding 60% by nipple and 40% by tube. She has also had 2 bradys ( where her heart rate dropped really low) while she was feeding. For just a second, her heart rate dropped to like 55...but she got it back up really fast. When this happens, its not a huge problem or setback, just something else for them to watch.  She is still doing well and continuing to grow. Her weight is 5 lbs 7 oz.


Jackson is quite a bit bigger. He weighs 6 lbs 12 oz and has been doing well with all his feeds. He was the biggest baby on the NICU for the last few days. Before we left this afternoon, the NICU got a phone call needing a few preemie babies to model hats that someone made and donated. they came and took a few pictures of the babies in cute knitted hats and put them on the hospital facebook page.



Jackson was awake and alert in his new hat (his feeding tube was removed this week)

 

Its not a great angle for Madison, but cute nonetheless

After their photo shoot, Trent and I had to take a short CPR class before we could take Jackson home. We completed that, and strapped him into his carseat

Nick has been so excited to FINALLY meet his new brother...but he has had a cold all week. So we stopped by Walgreens and bought a box of masks for him and anyone else who has a cold

Both kids couldn't keep their hands off him and were fighting to hold him

Grandma let Nick stay at her house for the night, to help prevent germs...so Jackson was able to get some sleep. We are so excited to bring him home almost 5 weeks after he was born. We were told that Madison should be home in just a few days.... we cant wait!