Ri Ri's first month home

I can't believe it's been almost a month since Rielly has been home. He is doing very well still. He has a few issues that have come up. He has an umbilical hernia, quite a big one. We are hoping it will resolve on it's own. The nurses at the U said this was most likely caused because he grunts alot of the time, which put pressure on his belly button.
He has thrush, a yeast infection, at the roof of his mouth. He also has a very high palate, it sort of looks a little bit like a small cleft palate. It is very weird. We showed his pediatrician and he said we should get it looked at by a specialist. It also could have been caused by the ventilator tubing that was constantly rubbing on the roof of his mouth for quite a while. This is when we noticed the thrush in his mouth.
He also got a little cold, he had a stuffy nose and a cough. We freaked out, ha ha. Took him to the doctor. He's fine. He did lose some weight during the week he was sick though so the pediatrician wants us to put extra formula powder in his bottles and keep a hat on him. We will see today if he has gained weight this past week.
He loves bath time. He lays in the tub and looks like he is in heaven when we pour warm water over him.
We aren't supposed to take him out for a whole year, no stores, no church, no public places. With this whole swine flu deal, I'm even more paranoid about him leaving the house.
He is such a good baby. Doesn't cry very much at all, although when he got his shots 2 weeks ago, it was so sad. He cried and had the biggest frown on his face. It made us all cry.

aaaahhhh!


Going home from the hospital

Angel