Welcome home

I got the call from Logan’s neonatologist at about 10am yesterday telling me that he would be ready to come home 2 hours after his circumcision. I was elated, but sent into crazy mommy nesting mode. I was expecting a little more warning and our room needed some serious tlc. I got everything cleaned up (with the help of Ruth and mom) and started waiting…and waiting…and waiting for his nurse to let me know they had finished his circumcision. I felt like a high school girl waiting for a cute guy to call…pick up phone to check for a dial tone, hang up phone, repeat 400 times. Logan’s nurse finally called at 4pm to tell me that his circumcision was finished and that we could pick him up.
I hadn’t told Macy that he was coming home because I wanted to make sure she took a nap, so I told her as Doug and I were leaving…and conveniently used bringing Logan home as a potty bribe. 😉
By the time we went through all of his discharge papers, we didn’t get home until 6:30 and Macy was SO excited! Grams and Omie were happy he was home and I don’t think that Steven even noticed that Logan was in the car seat. Macy had Logan’s entire day planned by the time she went to bed. She probably stalled bedtime by a half hour just telling us about how she was going to rock Logan, change his diaper, get him dressed, that she could feed him with Emmie’s (her baby doll) bottle, and that she was going to be a good big sister (melt my heart). 🙂
Once we got Macy and Steven to bed the rest of the night was pretty typical. Logan is loud…possibly even louder than Steven. He has to moan and groan every time he moves…every time. He needs to be swaddled completely to sleep without his paci. Unfortunately I couldn’t keep him swaddled in the bassinet, so I spent most of the night holding his paci in his mouth. He did let me sleep about 20 minutes before his 5am feeding. Thankfully, mom offered to keep him in the living room between his 5am and 8am feedings, so I got a solid 2 hours then.
Today has been very busy. Logan had his first follow up appointment with our pediatrician at 9, and then Steven had his 18 months well visit at 10. Mom brought Steven at 10 and switched babies with me so I didn’t have to take them both at the same time. (I’ll give Steven his own post to brag about his 18 months stats).
Logan weighs 6lbs. 12oz. now and his bilirubin is down 2 points since Sunday! His neonatologist had told me that he doesn’t qualify for the RSV vaccine because he was 35 weeks (babies have to be 34 weeks or less…we missed it by 1 day!!). Since our pediatrician knows the struggle that we had last winter with Steven, she said that she would submit an application for Logan and try to get the shots for him…especially since he’s already had respiratory issues. Please pray that he’s approved. I can’t imagine how paranoid I’ll be from October to March if he’s not able to get those shots!!
The rest of the day has been exhausting, but good. Steven has realized that “baby” (which is definitely one of the cutest words he says) is sticking around for a little while. We haven’t let him get too close, but he’s been really good with sharing his time with Logan.
Macy has decided that Logan is her baby. I think she would stay by his side all day if we would let her. She wants so badly to do everything for him…and if she’s not trying to do something for him then she’s tickling him or fixing his paci or just admiring him. It’s very sweet, but we definitely have to stay close by because even though she knows we have to be gentle, she doesn’t always understand what that should look like. Hopefully she’ll get used to him being around soon.
We’re so thankful to have Logan home…it’s great to have all of our family under one roof!! Thank you for all of your prayers that played such a big role in Logan’s homecoming. 🙂