Big news, everyone: Our peanut has come home! She weighed 4 pounds, 5 ounces on Monday, the day she was discharged. On Tuesday, she met her new pediatrician, who was as charmed by her as her friends in the Special Care Nursery were. ("I like her!" was the doctor's verdict.)
Our challenges now are helping her eat to gain weight, which is going VERY well so far, and helping her with her reflux, which is going fairly well. She's sleeping and napping in her carseat to keep her very upright, and her doctor has prescribed baby Zantac, which seems to be helping.
So far, we have her on the same schedule the hospital did. Lucky Mom and baby -- Daddy is good at keeping us all on a schedule. He's making sure Mom eats and has time to sleep and making decisions such as that the carseat is the best place for this kid to get some rest. He's also Mr. Patient, which Mom is grateful for. We are two lucky girls.
Wish us luck! We will keep you posted. Thanks, everyone, for all the good wishes and prayers.
The pictures show Anne striking her favorite pose with Dad at home and Anne's friends at the Special Care Nursery sending her off.
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