24 hours later

Well, the first night went fine. Fletcher slept in the nursery with all the other babies. Considering over 20 babies were born on Nov 30, they had to split them up between two nursery rooms. Anyhow, he did fine – and is now eating quite well – which means he is also pooping quite well. I have now officially changed more diapers than Libby. Of course, my “technique” is a little less precise than hers – I definitely need the practice.

Libby is making a fast recovery and should be able to leave the hospital by Saturday. She is up walking around – and has started to eat solid food again. The hospital room is small and having to share it with another patient is not an ideal situation especially when practicing breast-feeding.

Fletcher has opened his eyes much more today than yesterday and we now know the basic rationalizations for some of his very loud screams --- it means “I have gas.” Did we mention he has great lungs? Fortunately, he has been very reasonable when it comes to these outbursts.

We have inquired about his circumcision – but can’t seem to find an answer. Generally they tend to come unannounced and say “its time for X.” We already found this out for his hearing tests (BTW, everything is normal). So, I guess it will happen sometime in the next 24 hours – we should start a betting pool to see who guesses closest – hmmm, what should the winner receive?

So – he is now more than 24 hours old and everything appears to be in working order. It has been a wonderful experience and each passing minute Libby and I grow closer to Fletcher and each other.