Bye Bye NICU!

Hey everybody. Well, after 52 long days in the NICU, I finally came home today! The doctors gave me all my final tests, I passed, and I got the go-ahead to leave, so Mommy and Daddy took me home tonight. It's so great to finally be home with them!


I've mostly been sleeping since I got home, except that Mommom and Poppop came over for dinner. But anyway, I'm so excited to finally see my house, my room and my crib.

Anyway, I want to thank all of the doctors, nurses and staff in the NICU for taking such good care of me while I was in the hospital. And I especially want to say thanks to all of the friends and family who have wished me well in the last seven weeks. Mommy, Daddy and I very much appreciate it!

Love,
Noah

Four Pounds, No Tube

Hey everybody! It's been quite an exciting couple of days here in the NICU. I'm now having whole meals from the bottle, so they took my feeding tube out this morning. This afternoon I passed my car seat test- I sat in the car seat for a whole hour without any trouble.

And then, tonight, after I ate, they weighed me- and I'm now over four pounds. Yes, that's right, I've doubled in size, since I was born seven weeks ago!

I haven't been given a date yet, but it's looking like Mommy and Daddy are going to bring me home very soon. I'm so excited to go outside, and ride in a car, and finally see my house after all this time.

Anyway, thanks for the well wishes everyone. I can't wait to meet even more of you, once I come home!

Love,
Noah

PS- Mommy and Daddy went out for Chinese food tonight after they saw me, and this was Daddy's fortune:

That's right!

What a Weekend

Hey everybody! I just had a really, really busy weekend! Not only did I turn six weeks old on Friday, and cross three and a half pounds too, but I had a whole bunch of visitors! Now that the weather around here is a little bit better, all sorts of people are coming to see me.

In addition to Mommy and Daddy, and Aunt Debra and Uncle Jason, my Uncle Eli came down from Boston, and I got to meet him for the first time on Saturday. Then, on Sunday, Mommom and Poppop came with Mommy, and I also got to meet both Mommy's friend Beth, and my cousins Gail and Sylvan. I just love having visitors here!

In other exciting developments, Mom Mom held me today, and Daddy gave me my bottle.


Mommy and Daddy are at home tonight, putting together my Pack-and-Play and car seat. I can't wait to be home- hopefully it'll just be a couple more weeks.

Anyway, here's a video Daddy shot of me today, just before feeding time. As you can tell, I was very hungry!



All right, time for bed. Thanks to everyone for asking about me- I'm doing great!

Love,
Noah

Welcome to the Crib

Hey everybody! I'm having another good week. The big news is that on Monday they finally put me in my own crib! It's nice to be at room temperature, and it's also easier for Mommy and Daddy to reach me without having to open the glass.

Otherwise, I'm getting bigger, slowly but surely. As of Wednesday morning I weigh 3 pounds, 5.1 ounces, which is up from 2 pounds when I was born, almost six weeks ago. They keep upping my feedings, and I'm now drinking from the bottle 3-4 times per day. The rest of the time, I'm still sleeping a lot!

Anyway, the other exciting thing is that Mommy's friends threw her a surprise baby shower on Sunday. Not only did they give her lots of great stuff for me, but Aunt Jaime made a cake with my name on it! Mommy really appreciates it, and so do I!

Have a good rest of the week everyone. I'm still in the NICU, but can't wait to come home, hopefully very soon. Thanks again for all the well wishes!

Love,
Noah

Thumbs Up!

Hey everybody! I'm having another great week. I'm growing more and more every day- up to 3 lb 2.8 oz as of Saturday morning- and on Friday I drank from a bottle for the first time.

Mommy and Daddy have been visiting every day and holding me during feeding time, which is always very nice. They've also got me in all the awesome outfits people have been giving me. Thanks so much!

Anyway, time to go back to sleep. But it'll be time to get up and eat again very soon. Thank you all so much for the well wishes- I'll be home before you know it!

Love,
Noah

PS- Thanks for reading the blog- I read it too!

One Month Down...

Hey everybody! Well, Monday was a big day, because I turned one month old! Thanks so much for the well wishes in my first month- and to think- just 11 months until my first birthday!

And speaking of growing, I am also coming up on three pounds- that's right, I've grown by 50 percent in just one month!

One other big development- they moved me on Sunday over to the Transitional section of the NICU. Not only do Mommy and Daddy not have as far to walk as far down the hall to see me, but I'm now just one step closer to coming home. It'll be a few more weeks, but I can't wait.

I met two more relatives for the first time this weekend, Aunt Ruthie and Cousin Rachel, who came down from Boston just to see me on Sunday. I can't wait to see them and the rest of the family when we go up there this summer. I also got to see Mommom, Poppop and Aunt Debra this weekend, in addition to Mommy and Daddy.

Anyway, I'm starting to get tired, so back to napping.

Have a good rest of the week, and thanks so much for everyone who's been asking about me.

Love,
Noah

Four Weeks Old and Fully Clothed

Hey everyone! It's been quite an eventful few days. First, as you may have noticed from the pictures above, I'm now wearing clothes! It's kind of nice, I can stay comfortable, and also wear some of the awesome outfits people have been giving me!

I turn four weeks old tomorrow, and I'll be a month old on Monday. Hard to believe how big I'm getting- I now weigh 2 pounds, 12.7 ounces! And they also moved my feeding tube from my mouth to my nose, so I can start eating.

Because of the snow Mommy and Daddy weren't able to make it to see me yesterday, but they both came today and I got to spend some quality time with them.

Anyway, have a happy Valentine's Day everyone. Bye!

Love,
Noah