Just About Ready

We are getting very close to Zac coming home now. I know I said it the other day to a certain degree, but Friday it became even more apparent as the NICU case manager and our nurse went over everything for when we check out, which looks to be either Monday or Tuesday.

Zac had his hearing test and everything tested out perfectly. He now is also eating most meals with the regular amount of calories. Previously, they had been supplementing his meals with two extra calories. They just want to know he can now maintain his weight on the current calorie intake. Also, he'll continue to take two bottles a day of Similac's NeoSure formula, which has higher calcium and other nutrient content than regular breast milk or formula. This will be until he is six months old. The reason for this is that babies get almost all of their calcium from moms in the last six weeks of gestation. He didn't get that time, so this formula will assure he gets what he needs for strong bones.

When Zac was weighed on Thursday night, he came in at 5 lbs, 14 oz. Friday we measured him, and he's now 19 1/4" long, meaning he has grown about an inch for every pound he's gained! Good thing that doesn't happen throughout the lives of our children or else we'd have very tall kids, though I'm sure that when they hit growth spurts, sometimes they are only gaining about a pound for every inch.

Last steps before Zac comes home are an RSV shot since we're still in season for that, his circumcision, which should happen no later than Monday, and his baby picture, which also should happen no later than Monday. If the baby pic doesn't turn out as good as we'd like, we may just use the one from the post the other day, where he's wearing his "handsome" shirt, for announcements and the like because that picture is just so good.