Tyler is Home

Yeah, it finally happened. Our little man Tyler is finally home. He was able to come home yesterday after 10 weeks in the NICU. We are so happy to have him home.

We actually expected Tyler to be home on Monday but at the last minute we decided to try a couple of things with him. Over last weekend they slowly converted his food. The formula that he was on was a very expensive pre-digested formula that he went on after his big infection. It was the easist thing for him to be on since he was having so many issues digesting his food. It took about 3 days but now he is on a regular formula that any premature baby would be one. That was one relief.

The other thing they tried to do before he left was to ween him off of the small amount of oxygen that he was on. The doctor said we'd give it a try. If it worked great, if it didn't work what we would do is come home on the oxygen and forget about trying to get him off of it for a little bit. Tyler did really good for about two days but then he needed a little help. So, he did end up coming home on a small amount of oxygen. Now that he is home the focus is on growing and getting stronger, we will worry about weening the oxygen slowly over time.

Tyler also came home on a sleep apnea monitor. If the monitor doesn't pick up a breath from him over 15 seconds it goes off. And let me tell you, it really goes off. It's a blessing to have because we can sleep at night and not have to worry about if he's breathing or not. His monitor did go off once last night and Corey and I both jumped out of bed. By the time we got to his room which is next to ours the alarm had shut off which meant he was breathing fine again. You judge a lot with preemies by their color and he looked fine. We just adjusted the way he was sleeping because that is one reason that babies can't breath well. Thankfully he was fine the rest of the night.

Last night was our first night home with both kids and man, is it different. They were not on the same eating schedule when we got home last night but now we've got them together. If one wakes up then we feed both. It works out great now since Corey is off but it will be interesting to see how it goes when he goes back to work. Most of the time they are up every three hours to eat but we did get one four our stretch this morning. We are quite tired today.

Tyler came home from the NICU weighing 7lbs 9oz. He is very filled out and looks like a little newborn. We had Dillan up at the NICU the night before last and weighed her while she was there. She is now 5lbs 11oz. She's still really tiny but she is growing and getting the cutest chubby cheeks. She talks constantly!!!! From the moment you lay her down until the moment she gets up again there are grunts and noises coming from her crib. It's pretty cute.

So, now we start life at home. If feels so good to be home after literally living in a hospital since the end of February. It's been a long journey but we are so blessed to have such adorable little babies. We can't thank the doctors and nurses enough for everything they did for us. Tyler especially made some really connections with a couple of the nurses in the NICU. They would literally fight over who would get to care for our little guy. It made us feel really good that they thought so highly of him.

I will continue to post updates on how everything is going. We've already got follow up appointments on Monday. TGIF everyone and thank you all again for all the love and support you have shown us over the last couple of months.

Love
Joscy, Corey, Dillan & Tyler