Just the two of us…

Mary Clare and I packed up and hit the road again yesterday for a check-up at MUSC. I think I’ve finally mastered the road trip with a newborn. PLANNING makes all the difference, and a quality 30 minutes of feeding, changing, entertaining and baby stretches in the car PARKED in the garage prior to departure helps too!

Good news! Mary Clare is now a healthy 9 lbs 2 oz and doing great! We return for an echo and ekg in 2 weeks. (As usual) She also has to have another hearing test.?? For some reason, babies on heart/lung bypass machines are required by DHEC to have a specific round of hearing tests over the course of the first year??!! Her hearing was tested in the hospital before she was discharged and everything was fine. However, I question the results when she peacefully sleeps for hours while McCanless sings at the top of her lungs, screams, barrels through the house, etc., etc everyday.

Mary Clare is eating a tiny bit more, but what I’ve noticed lately is how much more aggressively she is eating. Those typical baby grunts and gulps are great to finally hear!