One Month Old

Dexter's second month of life is off to a much better start than his first one! He really seems to be enjoying life at home. He's been calm, comfortable and content. I've been amazed by how at ease he's seemed--I've rarely seen him startle or jerk, and the last couple of days at the hospital, it was the norm. He was even awake and alert for over three hours in a row this morning. All of us really enjoyed having him around today. I do feel like I spent all day pumping, attempting bottle-feeding, and then G-tube feeding, but in reality, I got more done today than I have with the multiple hospital visits. Last night when we returned with Dexter, Xander said, "Mom, I'm so glad you don't have to go anymore!" Me too! It feels so good to have our whole family at home together. But if you look closely at this next picture, you'll see that I still need some work on the home oxygen thing. Gratefully, the home oxygen delivery guy stopped by later and gave us more of those sticky cheek circles, so we shouldn't be oxygenating his eye anymore. Pretty soon I'm sure all of this will feel normal.