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| The view from Finn's window! (5/24/2012) |
Since our last post, Finnegan has been busy gaining weight and changing. Every day that I see him I'm astonished at how much he has changed. Since last week, Finnegan has gained about 7.5 ounces and has passed the 3 pound mark! He's also now 14.2 inches long!
He seems to be growing out of his brady phase and is now averaging only 2-4 bradys per day, most of which are self-correcting. He was put down to 1 liter of oxygen, but they are already discussing taking him off the cannula completely! He's up to 24 ml of fortified breast milk per feeding. He's still getting fed through his tube, but we're hoping to start trying bottles and breastfeeding next week. We were planning on this week, but the doctor was concerned that because bottle/breastfeeding burns a lot of calories for a preemie, he needs to gain a bit more weight. Besides that, Finnegan has had lots of visitors! We're pretty much just going to catch up with some pictures that haven't gotten uploaded. This includes visitors we haven't mentioned yet (sorry!) and otherwise adorable Finnegan or funny puppy pictures from Ian's phone that haven't been posted yet!!! Some of them go back a month, but it's nice to see how much he's grown! :) FYI: If you click on one picture, you will see a bigger version of it and then be able to scroll through all the pictures from this post!
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| Finnegan's new favorite thing is to squirm himself so he is laying on an angle in his bed. (6/6/2012) |
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| 5/6/2012 -- why does he like taking pictures of me while I'm sleeping!? |
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| 5/6/2012 |
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| A view of Finn's room from the couch |
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Grandpa Bruckner changing Finnegan's diaper for the first time (5/6/2012):
Kangaroo Time! (5/6/2012):
Aunt Kim and Uncle Dave come to visit! (5/8/2012):
Kangaroo Time (5/8/2012):
Finnegan with and without CPAP:
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| 5/9/2012 |
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| 5/12/2012 |
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| 5/14/2012 |
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| 5/14/2012 |
No More CPAP! (5/19/2012):
Kangaroo Time (5/21/2012):
Finnegan and his Lovee Doll (5/26/2012):
Finnegan gets to wear clothes for the first time! Our little baby burrito!!! (5/26/2012):
Baby Burrito, continued! (5/30/2012):
Our adorable, snuggly dogs! They love their doggy daddy! :)
Pictures from this last week:
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| Grandpa Doman tickling Finn (6/1/2012) |
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| Grandma Doman and Finn (6/1/2012) |
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| Mommy and Finnegan (6/1/2012) |
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| Daddy and Finn spending some quality time together! (6/2/2012) |
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| Finnegan has a love-hate relationship with his pacifier... it's quite cute! (6/1/2012) |
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| Holding Grandma Bruckner's finger! (6/4/2012) |
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| Finnegan really enjoys quality Grandma time! (6/4/2012) |
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| Finnegan and his Great Aunt Cathy! (6/4/2012) |
On Tuesday (6/5), we had the opportunity to have a professional photographer come in to take pictures of Finnegan and our new family. My sister arranged for one of her old high school friends to take pictures as a gift to our new family. We can't thank Jenny and Joanna enough... This is Ian's Facebook post about the experience with a link to some of the proofs (but I also included them here). Check out Joanna Smith's website. She's SUPER talented
Ian's FB post:
Here's the album Joanna Smith Photography has put together with all the proofs she's released so far. They're amazing, and all in one place!
The photographs are just what I needed. Christine doesn't know it yet, but I teared up looking through them all last night. Before that, visiting Finnegan was just something I did. I kept track of his numbers and medical jargon tossed around the room (everyone here has done so well to help us understand it all!). Seeing these photos really brought it home for me. He's my son and he's much more than numbers. It's really hard to talk about him without using the numbers (A's & B's, aspirate, liters of oxygen, etc) because we interact with him so little. Yes, we hold him for short bits of time while we're here and we temp and diaper him, but that's not really interacting with him.
Granted, we're reallllllly blessed to be able to do all of that. Some parents don't get to and some babies don't make it this far. Finn has been a rockstar when it comes to his medical chart! Whenever I get jealous of another family getting to bring home their baby days after it is born, I come to re-realize just I am eternally grateful we're not going through what so many others in the NICU are going through. That's in large part due to your prayers for us - thank you, thank you, thank you!
These photos, however, like I said earlier, really brought it home for me. Words, or at least my words, cannot express what these photos express. Thank you, Joanna, for capture such cute and precious moments, and thank you Jennifer Strong for arranging it all!
The photographs are just what I needed. Christine doesn't know it yet, but I teared up looking through them all last night. Before that, visiting Finnegan was just something I did. I kept track of his numbers and medical jargon tossed around the room (everyone here has done so well to help us understand it all!). Seeing these photos really brought it home for me. He's my son and he's much more than numbers. It's really hard to talk about him without using the numbers (A's & B's, aspirate, liters of oxygen, etc) because we interact with him so little. Yes, we hold him for short bits of time while we're here and we temp and diaper him, but that's not really interacting with him.
Granted, we're reallllllly blessed to be able to do all of that. Some parents don't get to and some babies don't make it this far. Finn has been a rockstar when it comes to his medical chart! Whenever I get jealous of another family getting to bring home their baby days after it is born, I come to re-realize just I am eternally grateful we're not going through what so many others in the NICU are going through. That's in large part due to your prayers for us - thank you, thank you, thank you!
These photos, however, like I said earlier, really brought it home for me. Words, or at least my words, cannot express what these photos express. Thank you, Joanna, for capture such cute and precious moments, and thank you Jennifer Strong for arranging it all!
You can find Joanna Smith Photography at:
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The pictures are beautiful! She did a wonderful job! Congrats on Finn topping 3 pounds!
ReplyDeleteJenna (Ian's old Chem teacher)
Oh you guys! The pictures are so wonderful and the comments you make just beautiful. Many prayers and much love to you always.
ReplyDeleteStumbled on your blog thru the photography site. Love the photos and wish we could have done something similar. Our daughter was born at just 25 weeks and 685 grams. After 136 days in the ICN and one month past her due date we brought her home. Monitors, emergency oxygen, and scared parents for the next several months. But, in October she will be 5! She is taller than all her friends and lovely. She is also absolutly perfectly normal in every way. It can happen. Best wishes, Michelle Mancillas
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