Isaac's 5th & 6th Weeks @ Home

As of the 11th Novemeber 2010 Isaac is 51 weeks old (Gestational Age ) = 11 weeks old corrected
Latest Weight 5320 Grams = 11 Pounds 12 ounces

Isaac is fast approaching his 6month birthday, and its quite funny for us as parents to explain the entire story all the time - so we just say - we have a newborn and he's 11 weeks old...it makes it a lot easier for people to grasp his actual age.

Master Isaac is growing well and putting on weight. He is sleeping well at night time and most nights needs to be woken for a feed, the longest we will let him go without a feed is 5 hours as he needs to be growing and putting on weight steadily before we can drop his night feed entirely. Some weeks his weight gain isn't very much and then the next week it's a truckload so until we can get a steady weight gain every week we must do at least one night feed.

We do forget though that Isaac has been on the block a little while now and quite often we chuckle at his little antics. He has the most amazing smile and little chuckle that just melts your heart. Isaac is a little Cat napper during the day and hasn't been sleeping at all when you put him down in his cot or bassinette (he sleeps well there at night)...I figured out why though, in reality our lil man has had his mummy by his bedside since he was born and was also amongst constant noise, so take those two things away and well I am pretty sure he doesn't understand why and wants his mummy right next to him or in the same room...so for now ( only until hes a little older) my lil muchkin sleeps in the lounge during the day and then in his cot or bassinette at night.

Isaac had his forst shower and absolutely loved it...he enjoyed every minute and cried when we got him out...note to any parent if you want to soothe your newborn jump in the shower they love it!

The last time Deb's Grandma Lola visited Isaac was back towards the end of June when Isaac was in the NICU and still on CPAP. Well Lola was able to come visit her great grandson in his home and it was a day that mummy won't forget for a long time.

Back in June .........................................................................And the recent Visit

We often have to change Isaac's nasal prongs or tapes and it's moments such as these that we find golden as we get to see his beautiful lil face in full.
I hope to get some good ones in the coming weeks without the tape even...
Isaac loves to watch the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on TV in the mornings as it is a very colourful TV program...mummy is often very snap happy during this time :)
Feeding time is usually interesting, it can range from a very quick gulp down in 15-20mins or it can go right up to an hour, depending on the reflux and how much Isaac wants to play!
A bit of tuumy time on the couch...doesn't seem to mind it!

Out for a walk..when the weather is nice!
Isaac has discovered that eating his hands are yummy!!

In my big boy bed - my cot!

Chillaxin next to dad in bed..


some more just randoms...




Next week Isaac is off to the Childrens hospital to meet with his Respiratory Physician. We are hoping to make some headway with Slowly weaning our lil guy off his oxygen. At times this is very limiting for our lil guy and especially for us as parents. It's quite difficult getting him in and out of the car with the portable oxygen and most of the time its just easier to stay home. For Isaac it's not so pleasant having nasal prongs up his nose 24/7, he hates them, you can see he wants them off. We are hoping and praying that this will happen soon...it will be a slow weaning process and to think he may need the support well into his 12th month to possibly even 24th month corrected (this is what has been suggested at this stage) we are hoping we can forge ahead early, but only Isaac can dictate what he needs and for how long. He has come a long way and well he does have Chronic Lung Disease afterall, something which can not be taken lightly and we are gradually working at getting him to grow big and strong. The lungs do not stop growing until a child is 8 years of age and well at least by the age of 2 he should hopefully be a lot stronger from a lung perspective.

We had a scare during the past week and a quick visit was made to the hospital and all was okay but it just highlighted again how fragile our lil guy is. It is very important that our lil guy stays healthy and away from being subjected to possible infections or common colds, which it kind of feels like we all live in a bubble at the moment but it's all for his Saftey. We are slowly getting out and about for small walks here and there but no shopping or being in populated general public areas have been visitied yet...something we hope to work towards in the future as well. Weare happy to spend such Quality time loving our lil Warrior Man as a close knit family :)