Josiah Earl and Jamison Anthony Richàrd

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012!

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Jamison was discharged from the hospital on Saturday, October 13th. We are SO thankful to be home as a family of four! It has been a challenging transition for all of us, but we are settling in. Since Jamison is a preemie, we have been told not to have him in public places for the first 8 weeks until after his first round of immunizations since he is at high risk for RSV. He has his days and nights turned around, so Mommy has been kept up until 4am almost every night, and is trying to sleep when Jamison sleeps. We went on our first family walk today with Jamison in the stroller, and I am loving being a big brother, helping Mommy and Daddy with diaper changes, and holding Jamison. We are very happy he is home!

Leaving the hospital

1st Bath at home

11 Days old

Brothers

12 Days Old

15 Days Old

Mommy and Jamison

Puckered lips!

Love those baby smiles!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Jamison, Day 4

Jamison is still in the special care nursery, but he is doing really well. He was able to come off of his nasal canula and start breathing room air yesterday late in the afternoon, and he is now nursing every 3 hours with Mommy. This morning, they decided to put him under the biliruben lights since he was borderline jaundiced, so he will be under them for at least the next 24 hours. L&D has been extremely busy today, so it is possible Mommy is going to lose her room. They are hoping if that happens that they will be able to transfer her to a boarding room in a nearby wing, but the worst case scenario would be that she has to go home. Mommy is tired, because she is only able to sleep about an hour at a time between feedings since Jamison is nursing and then Mommy is pumping to store up the extra milk. Mommy is pretty sure Jamison's eyes are going to be brown! He is super cute, and we are all very thankful that he is continuing to get stronger. It looks like it will be early to middle of the week before he is discharged, because he is still having some little episodes where he forgets to breathe and his heart rate dips. They are few and far between, but still require that he be watched carefully on the monitors. He should be getting off of his IV fluids within the next day or so, which will mean one less thing connected to his little body!
Josiah's 1st visit to the hospital, making goofy faces in bed with Mommy!

2nd Day, Josiah waiting outside the special care nursery for his 1st peek at Jamison

Seeing baby brother for the 1st time

So happy!

Picture taken by Josiah from the doorway of the special care nursery

Every nicu baby gets a special blanket, and Josiah picked out the one for Jamison

Pirate themed!

Mommy and Jamison, Day 2

Early Morning, Day 4

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Introducing Jamison Anthony!

Jamison Anthony Richard arrived at 3:58am on Oct. 4th, 2012. We are so thrilled to have him join our family! Mommy went for a check up at the doctor on October 3rd, and the doctor determined that she was 4cm dilated. Dr. Frankwick sent Mommy home since she wasn't contracting, with strict orders that if her contractions started up again or her water broke, she had to call immediately and get to the hospital. As soon as Mommy got home from the doctor's office, her contractions started back up again. At 2:15, she called the doctor, and was told to get to the childbirth center as quickly as possible. Daddy had taken the train to work, so he had to catch a taxi and meet Mommy at the hospital. When they got checked in, Mommy was already 5.5 cm dilated. Dr. Frankwick sat down with Mommy and Daddy, and told them that if they had said they wanted to try for a VBAC at full term, she would have been less than excited, because Jamison has been measuring large the whole pregnancy. However, she felt like Mommy's body was reacting really favorably for a VBAC, and since Jamison was only 36.5 weeks, she felt that he would be a size that Mommy might successfully VBAC. So, the decision was made to try for a regular delivery instead of a c-section as originally planned. Mommy ended up having a drug free successful VBAC!

Jamison weighed in at 7lbs 4oz, and he is 19.5 inches long. He has super blond hair that looks like it might end up being curly like Mommy's! The hospital nurses say he is the size of a full term newborn, but he is acting like a 36 weeker. He is currently in the special care nursery getting some extra monitoring since he is having trouble keeping his oxygen levels up. He has a little oxygen tube in his nose, and an IV that is running fluids to him since he isn't quite ready to nurse yet. He is also on monitors so that they can help him any time he starts to have problems. They said the most important thing is to let Jamison rest as much as possible because he needs time to "catch up". They are hoping that by either tomorrow or Saturday, Jamison will be able to room in with Mommy. Until then, they are giving him lots of tummy time with the lights turned low, so that he can rest up and grow big and strong!

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Happy Summer!

We have been enjoying our summer! My Mommy has been terrible about keeping up with this blog, but we have had many fun experiences in the past few months. I found out that the baby in Mommy's tummy is going to be a baby BROTHER, and his name is going to be Jamison Anthony. I can't wait to meet him! I also got to be the ring bearer in a wedding, had a wonderful time celebrating the 4th of July with family and friends at my house, and recently got to meet Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt at Thomas the Train Day! I am starting preschool in the fall, and am looking forward to my first camping trip with Mommy and Daddy at the Dungeness Spit in August!

Posing in my ring bearer outfit!