Welcome home Jaxon Fife Myers! Thank you all for your love and kindness during our first journey. Jaxon is a fine little person who will sleep and eat, unlike his parents, over the next six or so weeks. Hopefully, our biggest challenge will be keeping the cats at bay and finding new and creative ways […]
After today’s call to the NICU, we are more confident that today will be Jaxon’s last full day at the hospital. He effortlessly won the car seat challenge this morning. His rash is still an issue, but the medical team seems to think it’s manageable. His weight seems to be stabilizing and he is eating […]
I imagine that for most of you, the excitement of last week’s birth experience has waned. Most of what Lara and I have shared recently has been pretty typical – the metaphysical changes resulting morphing into parents and the frustration of not having a child to parent initially. For those who stayed for the ride, […]
Baby Jax continues to progress and well on his way to coming home, probably this week. Last night, I had the pleasure of feeding him, washing him, and changing him – not all in that order. The washing was a challenge as he was not particularly happy about it. It was clear that he was […]
According to our daily call to the step down nursery, Jaxon has retained or gained weight overnight. He has been eating consistently and is now up to about 30 ml per feeding. Once he gets to 40 ml of feeding by bottle or breast, he should be one more step to coming home. He’s pooping […]