Lily has been home for a little over 2 weeks now. Time has FLOWN by. The doctors let her come home with a caffeine prescription and a heart rate and apnea monitor. She is tethered to the monitor, but she is home!! Here is our first family picture - crappy, I know, but it still is the first so we have to treasure it. This was after Kyle and I stayed the night at the NICU with Lily on her home monitor to make sure we could handle it (their idea - we pretty much knew we were ready). As you can see we look pretty tired.
It was kind of cold when we came home so we have her bundled up in her car seat - can you see the baby? That is her home monitor next to her.
That thing is super loud and it goes off if the leads that are attached to the baby fall off (which we very quickly learned happens like every hour). So we replaced it with a belt that has the sensors on it that velcros on. She wears it all the time except for bath time. Can you see the belt under her shirt? Or are you too distracted by her cuteness?
I've been dying for an update....thanks for posting it and the wonderful pictures. I'm so glad she has been home & hope you all are settling in.
ReplyDeleteAw, she is such a cutie, Nicole! I am glad to hear that she is home and now you can start enjoying all that mommy time :)
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Yay! :) She is so cute and tiny and precious!
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