Has it really been four weeks? I guess all the Christmas activity really makes the time fly. Eli has been doing great at home. He's more and more alert everyday. He still sleeps a ton, which is essential to getting anything done. Now we're just working on getting that sleep at night. He seems to have a few good nights and then a really bad night or two. Lately the good nights consist of a feeding at about 11pm, then down till about 3am, another feeding, then down till about 6 or 7am, another feeding, then down till about 9am. So really that's only one real middle of the night feeding, and if Clayton stays down till the usual 7:30 or 8am, I'm not doing too badly on the sleep count. Ocassionally Eli doesn't feel the need to return to sleep after the 3 am feeding, and that's where the night goes south quickly.Clayton is still enjoying his big brother role. He shares all his toys with Eli, and he even shares his hats, which is a big deal for Clayton. Clayton is still learning about how much love is appropriate for Eli. Sometimes poor Eli would suffocate if I didn't rescue him.
We're so grateful for Eli's good health. I still find myself assessing his color, respiratory rate, chest retracting, etc. I probably will always do that, but so far everything seems to be working as it should. We sure do love this little guy, and we're really enjoying seeing the way he and Clayton interact with each other.
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