Day 81

One step closer to home!

Alice was transferred to Lions Gate Hospital this afternoon! What a great feeling this is for us.

We've had a great week - breast feeding each morning for the 9:00am feed - and the whole feed is by breast as well - no top up required. Alice's weight is 2653 - almost 6 pounds. She's doing really well. If she wasn't doing well, she would not have been released to Lions Gate.

The tough part now is the nurses and doctors at Lions Gate getting to know her and me relaxing and realizing that they will need a few days to get to figure out her quirks (her breathing dips really) and that she can recover on her own. I was just chatting with a friend on the phone about this and she reminded me that I've had 81 days to get to know Alice and the staff at Lions Gate are just getting to know her. So I must breathe, relax and not stress out (kind of hard not to though).

With Alice being so close to us now, I'll be able to go to the hospital 2 to 3 times per day (for one hour or so visits) and when she's strong enough be able to breast feed her these times as well (vs. once a day at Children's).

Nothing else to report at this time. Will let you know more over the next couple of days as Alice settles in (and we settle in as well with a new routine).