Day Three

Luke gets to go home today! We'll be discharged at 11am. We can't wait to introduce Luke to his house, his pet cat Roosevelt, his neighbors, his room, and his Aunt Ronny who will be flying in from Michigan today to give him lots of love and attention.

Here is Luke and Daddy just a little while ago at Luke's 6am feeding.

We've been breastfeeding and supplementing with formula for now since big boys have big needs. All of you women who successfully breastfeed, I salute you! Ugh, it's so hard. Especially with a hard chomper like Luke. He will basically chomp down and start sucking on anything put in his mouth, so there doesn't seem to be any problem with nipple confusion.

Here are some pictures from his Day Two photoshoot yesterday. I present, the many faces of Luke Siorek:

The nurses say that Luke is the biggest newborn they've seen in the maternity ward in a long time. And this is a hospital that sees 6,000 births a year! We honestly are just as perplexed as the doctors about why Luke is so big. I certainly didn't do anything special and had no idea I had such a big baby inside me. Every doctor who examined me and my belly during the pregnancy said to expect a 7-8 lb baby, and his 20wk ultrasound measurments were normal.

He is incredibly healthy. His bilirubin count was only 2 and his blood sugar was great. He has only dropped to 10lbs 1oz, so less than the10% of weight loss that they usually expect. He is a wonderful, good-natured baby so far and we are lucky to have him!