Weston's Intestines

Can you believe I didn't realize that Weston rhymes with intestine until about two weeks ago? If anyone struggles remember which one had the bigger problems, remember it rhymes. So, just a quick update on how Weston is doing. He came home eating 68 mL (just over two ounces) every three hours with a very fine balance between getting enough nutrition and getting so much that his system couldn't handle it, stooling it out, and getting dehydrated (because his poop is like diarrhea). He couldn't eat what he wanted so he was hungry a lot. We slowly increased his feeds over the next three weeks or so. We had a GI appointment last week and he's doing so well he can now eat whatever he wants. The doctor said to treat him like a "normal baby!!" So he's handling larger amounts of food and still hardly stooling much at all!! Yay for poop! We thought he'd be on IV food for several years and now he's "normal!!" Love him!

There are a few more posts below with tons of pictures.

The Many Faces of Weston Collette

So swollen after his second surgery.

Lookin chunky.

Make it stop!

And look who's starting to smile!! 

:)

Pictures of Us

Carter

Carter

Carter

Weston coming home from the hospital.

They're together!!

First night together. Weston came home still pretty yellow because his liver wasn't functioning well. It's basically a different type of bilirubin that can't be fixed with lights. He was on medicine for a while and now his liver is perfect again!

We wrapped them in one blanket. They loved it...?

Silly boys.

We stuffed them in the swing together.

Visit to the park. Ryan wishes he were swaddled too. 

First family photo.

Carter then Weston.

The boys with Grandma Hibbert.

I just love him. Ryan thinks its a little vain for him to wear a shirt with a picture of himself on it.

Weston then Carter.

Struggling.

So serrrious.

So things are going well! It gets a little crazy when they both get hungry at the same time and there's only one of us home. They usually wake up at about the same time and are starting to go six or seven hours at night and about four during the day. So great.