Rebecca at 18 days old (5 lbs. 3.6. oz.) She’s not very active in this video, but very alert. A couple of times, she rolls to her side without my help, and near the end scratches her face and grabs the feeding tube. Click the video’s title to watch it on YouTube.
Since my last blog post (Growing), our daughter Rebecca has passed a few more milestones. For one thing, she crossed the five-pound mark late Wednesday night, which we learned on Thursday morning. She was 5 lbs. 3.4 oz. (2.3644 kg). She increased to 5 lbs. 3.6 oz. by Thursday night, which we learned on Friday.[...]
Rebecca is now *very* close to five pounds. This morning’s checkup call revealed that she’s now 4 lbs. 15.7 oz., which means the car seat’s five-pound minimum won’t be a problem. Now her only hurdle is learning to take the entire bottle during a feeding. Yesterday’s visit with her at first seemed unremarkable besides the[...]
Yesterday’s visit with Rebecca was rewarding as always. For one thing, she turned two weeks old yesterday. For another, she was up to 4 lbs. 12.9 oz. (and this morning was 4 lbs. 13.1 oz.) She was also incredibly responsive and alert. When she was at first too sleepy to eat well, I told the[...]
(There’s a nice big smile about 1:33 into the video.) (Remember, Rebecca has her own web page now, with links to all her videos, images and blogs, as well as a list of all gifts we’ve received.)
My wife and I really appreciate all the wonderful advice we’ve received from family and friends during her pregnancy and since the birth of our daughter. Some has come via phone, some through email, and some during in-person conversations. My parents, my sisters (one has seven children and the other is a labor & delivery[...]
Early Saturday morning, nurses in the NICU moved Rebecca from her Isolette (incubator) to an unheated crib to see if she could maintain her body temperature. She could. When we arrived Saturday afternoon to visit her, she was still in the normal range and sleeping comfortably. This was one of her two remaining hurdles. Of[...]
Thursday (Oct. 21), our daughter Rebecca was moved from her NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) room to the “best” room in the NICU. They call it “Continuing Care.” It’s still part of the NICU at Scott & White Memorial Hospital, it’s on the same floor, and along the same hall. But it’s for babies that[...]
Rebecca was fun to be with yesterday, as is usual. She maintained her weight (didn’t gain any this time), and is still holding her temperature, even with reduced heat from the incubator. She has a new doctor now, who calls Marline each morning with updates and opinions. He seems very factual and less likely than[...]
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Today, Rebecca — for the first time — went to the bathroom somewhere besides our house.
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
A few days ago, we passed what I’ve jokingly called “the Rebecca threshold” with our Benjamin pregnancy. She was born about 7 weeks before her due date. As of May 10, we passed that point in the current pregnancy. My wife’s at 34 weeks as of today, and about nine pounds lighter than she was[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Rebecca woke with a dry diaper this morning and kept her panties dry all day, using her potty correctly all day. We spent the day shifting from (1) us asking if she needed to go to (2) her telling us when she needed to go. And, after three days of holding it, she went #2[...]
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