The first month is over and unfortunately, it ended with Bas and I in the hospital, with my beautiful little man battling RSV -- a respiratory virus.
It's day six at CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario) and Bas still needs epinephrine masks and some suctioning to get the mucous out of his lungs, but all in all, he's doing pretty well. He hasn't needed to be put on oxygen and has kept feeding fairly well. He has a very nasty cough, and some laryngitis to boot, which makes his voiceless little wail very sad indeed.
Despite this unfortunate turn of events, we have had a wonderful month of disc overing our little man's personality... which is very mellow, in contrast to his older brother Johan!
Bas tends to sleep about 18 hours a day (which Mama really appreciates). He feeds wonderfully well, easily getting up to 10 pounds by week four. He is very quiet, and loves to just hang out and look around him for his two awake periods of the day, which are generally first thing in the morning, from about 7 to 10 a.m., and at supper time, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The wonderful thing about having such an easy baby is that is has meant Johan still gets to revel in the limelight and so doesn't seem to be experiencing any jealousy. It has also meant that Mama feels much better rested this time around, which means she has lots of smiles and patience for her "big boy" when he comes home from daycare.
We did a photo shoot during week two and promise to post the pics in the next day or two.
Signing off from the hospital family lounge, Andrea
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