Update on Mary Clare….10 weeks old

Mary Clare is eating more and more each day!! She is still only up to around 3 ounces at each feeding and eats around every 3 hours. (A “normal heart” baby would be somewhere between 4-6 ounces at this point)

She IS growing though! At a whopping 10 lbs and 6 ounces, she is now the weight of my baby sister, Kate, at birth! (I’m looking forward to the day she is my brother’s birth weight, which was around 13 lbs!) She still wakes at least once during the night between 10PM and 7AM, but that sure is better than her previous every two hour schedule.

She is a very happy baby, and smiles often. She is such a good baby and I swear if she makes it through “baby hood” with McCanless (and so far she is a champ) she can make it through ANYTHING! McCanless loves her dearly, but is a bit rough with her….and loud…and a bit hands on too much sometimes….and still requires a lot of “McCanless time.” Mary Clare can sleep through anything and is a patient baby; something I’m really not used to! McCanless was a bit difficult as an infant, if you can believe that.

My girls are so sweet together and I love watching them interact. I’m so happy for them and so glad that they have each other!

Baby Emerson update…

Some of you have been asking about baby Emerson and she is doing well right now. She and her mom have been at MUSC for 25 days now. Our total stay was around 27 days. She has moved up to 7C, which is the recovery unit for heart babies. Now her biggest hurdle will be the feeding. It is probably the most frustrating time because you know that going home is just around the corner, but still so uncertain. The babies seem to do so well one minute, but struggle so hard the next.

Mary Clare and I will travel back down to MUSC for a check up on Wednesday. Hopefully, Emerson and her Mommy won’t be there for our visit, but if they are I hope to be able to take a few pictures of our miracle babies together. As I have told Emerson’s Mommy numerous times, I hope one day they will be the best of friends and be able to chat about their heart surgeries and how they “knew” each other before they were born.