Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Enjoying the good life at home

We have been enjoying our time at home so much, I have been a little lazy with updating this blog =) So....here are some updates. As of today, Joshua weighed in at 6 pounds 9 ounces, he is quite the little chubby baby now. He is eating about 2 ounces every three hours. I used to call him my little taquito because when he was swaddled in a blanket he looked so long and skinny. Now he is more like a burrito!

Joshua still has the monitor, but today the doctor said it should only be a couple of weeks until its gone! Woo hoo! I have to say though, it has been comforting for us when we are asleep knowing he is safely sleeping as well. As soon as he starts eating more, we should be able to extend the time in between feeds.

We have been keeping Joshua pretty low key. The only time we take him out of the house is for his doctors appointments. It's hard because we want to show him off and have people over to see him, but we know the risks during flu and RSV season and we simply don't want to take that chance. RSV can be potentially fatal to a preemie, so we are doing all we can to keep him home with us until at least March. He gets a shot every month that won't prevent infection but will help him fight it if he were to get RSV.

Joshua is just now starting to lift his head, which is seen around 2 months of age. He is almost smiling, we have seen some smirks and it is obvious when he is happy, but no smile as of yet. He is still having a lot of reflux and unfortunately this is very common in preemies. He is on medication, but it doesn't seem to be working very well. He has trouble sleeping at night because it burns his throat, so after we feed him we try to keep him elevated for at least thirty minutes. In the last couple of days it seems to have gotten even worse, so we are praying this problem will resolve itself soon. I should be posting again by Friday with some great photos our wedding photographer took of Joshua last week! Much love from Team Altman. 

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