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Going home & the first months
These posts cover Brady's discharge, our first nights at home with a monitor, and her first year and beyond. You'll find feeding, sleep, illnesses, and the follow-up visits after the NICU.
End in sight
A nurse tells Nikkie that Brady could go home Saturday if she gains weight, switches to a take-home formula, and passes her car seat challenge.
GOING HOME!!!!!
After 94 days, the doctor discharges Brady, and Erik shares the news that we're bringing her home this morning.
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home sweet home
We room in overnight, learn infant CPR and Brady's heart monitor, then bring her home to little sleep, a fussy eater, and a baby who wants holding.
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back to the hospital we go...but not for long
Two and a half weeks after coming home, Brady has hernia repair surgery and is fussy but doing well, at about 6 lb 10 oz to 6 lb 14 oz.
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amazing little baby girl
Brady starts laughing and can't get enough to eat, and we're chosen as the March of Dimes Ambassador Family for Savannah.
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she's growing :)
Brady reaches 8 lb 4 oz, sleeps 7 hours straight, and a high-risk follow-up finds her on track; Nikkie thanks Brady's NICU nurses.
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she's such a little darling
At almost 5 months, Brady has gained nearly 8 pounds and 8 inches, grabs a toy duck, and opens and closes her hand back at Nikkie.
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Nine Pounds
Brady reaches 9 lb and 19 inches, comes off Reglan, eats 4 to 5 ounces a feeding, and sleeps until 5 or 6 a.m.; we've all stayed healthy.
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Double Digits!!!
Brady weighs 10 pounds at her Synagis shot, and we share her first Christmas: books, noisy toys, and a singing teddy bear.
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Happy New Year!!!
Looking back on 2008, Nikkie writes that Brady's lungs have caught up, and Brady rolls over for the first time on New Year's Day.
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she weighs how much?
Brady weighs 13 lb 10 oz at her RSV shot, comes off her apnea monitor after no episodes at home, and may start going to church in March.
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Poor little baby
A stomach bug, then a cough we get checked quickly because of RSV risk; it's an ear infection, and Brady actually weighs 11 lb 1 oz.
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Doing better :)
Brady recovers and starts solids, while Nikkie dreads going back to the NICU for follow-up clinic and thinks about donating Brady's preemie clothes.
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Oh what a night
Brady's breathing turns labored, so we take shifts holding her all night; it's a respiratory infection, not RSV, and she's started sleeping in her crib.
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Happy Easter
Brady's NICU follow-up goes well and she sits up on her own, but being sick keeps her home from Easter family visits.