Pirate Toby and Baby Brother

Bris Milah

We've scheduled his bris for next Wednesday at noon, and found a mohel -- David Bolnick.  We're pretty excited.  My parents are cancelling dad's meetings and flying in for it. 

One more day

The doc said it was up to us whether we wanted to go home, or stay another day.  He recommended staying another day, since preemies sometime regress on the eating/weight loss front between days three to five.  Strangely, I thought he had said yesterday that they regressed after the first twenty four hours.  We decided it was better to stay an extra day now, rather than risk having to go back on the weekend, when there would be less going on.  So Jen and Elijah are bunking down for a (hopefully) last night at the hospital. 

They like the babies not to lose more than 10% of their body weight before they start gaining, and Elijah lost 3% the first day, and 2% the second day.  They weighed him at 2 this afternoon, and he was up 1g day over day.  So hopefully that means that he's started to gain.  He is doing a good job eating, although Jen has to supplement her milk with formula.  All in all, I can't imagine any stats which would make him more likely to go home.  So I am pretty bullish on release tomorrow. 

Car seat check

This morning, they told jen that they wanted to do a car seat check before she can leave...that sounds like a good sign. I think that's the last step before releasing the baby. Hopefully we can go to Trix and Treats at Amazon this afternoon with the whole family!

A smooth day

The boy did a good job of breastfeeding today, and he only lost 3% of his weight overnight last night (<10% is good).  So we are cautiously optimistic that he will be discharged tomorrow.  If not tomorrow, most likely Saturday unless something goes awry.  We are now trying to schedule a Bris for next Wednesday.  We are in need of a mohel.  Please send me any suggestions. We've got three names who we're chasing down, so hopefully one of them will work out.

The morning after

Just talked to Jen.  She got to feed Elijah last night at 10, 2:30 and 5.  Fun.  He is a little frustrated that he can't get more milk faster...impatient little bugger.  He was very mad after all the feeding, he spit up his hard-earned milk.  She thinks there's a good chance that Elijah will be discharged from the nursery and moved into her room today.  That's pretty exciting, since it means all his systems are working right and he's getting enough to eat.  They will probably wait another day or two before sending everyone home.
We're hoping that they will let him out in time for Trick or Treats at Amazon on Friday afternoon.

Toby meets TLB