Home sweet home

It has been almost a week since we came home from the hospital.

I'm not sure if it was the car ride home on Friday or the new surroundings that overwhelmed Mathias but he slept his way through most of the weekend. Consequently, he didn't eat enough.

At this stage he is supposed to gain at least a half an ounce (15g) per day. Come Monday his weight was the same as it was Friday... The folks at the hospital has instructed us to enforce a regimen of 10 feedings per day (relatively small ones) to boost his metabolism and make him want more food. We're now waking him up every couple of hours and trying every sales tactic in the book to convince him that he's really hungry. He is getting milk that is fortified with formula to 24 calories per ounce. In the morning he gets caffeine (still for the breathing) and in the evening it is a cocktail of vitamins. Caffeine and vitamins are served up mixed with a small amount of pear juice. Pear juice is one notch below prune juice...


By and large he seems very content in his new digs. We have even been able to take him out for a stroll in the neighborhood. Needless to say - it is terrific to be home!