Big Sister

Audrey seems to be relishing the role of big sister. She frequently dotes over Brennan, rubbing his hands and face, saying hi, and generally exuding sisterly love (at least for now). She's itching to change a diaper, but she's probably a year or so from doing that successfully. Besides, if she can change his diaper, then she better start using the potty herself.

All in all she's transitioning pretty well. She's most affected when Brennan's crying, which she doesn't like at all, but only because she's so concerned that something is wrong with him. We've done our best to explain that crying the only way he can say he's hungry, wet, tired, whatever, but so far the lesson is slow to absorb. And he's still sleeping so much that to this point she hasn't been exposed to too many crying fits. And she even got to hold him for the first time today. I wasn't there to see it for the first time, but it seems like she enjoyed it.

Updates on Brennan: his first doctor's appointment is tomorrow morning, so we'll get an idea of whether he's gained that hospital weight back or not then. He's eating like a champ, downing about 3 oz. at a time, sometimes twice in a two hour span. We've only had two nights out of the hospital so far (not counting this one), but he's done pretty well so far. The first night he woke up every 3 hours or so, but only to eat and go back to sleep again. Last night sort of mirrored the first until about 3:15 when he ate, then pooped, then had the hiccups forever, then ended up being hungry again around 4:45 or so. But he slept from around 5am to about 9 or so, which would have been much better if 1) I didn't have to go back to work, or 2) Audrey understood exactly what was going on while she's sleeping and stayed in bed for another couple hours. We continue to cross our fingers and knock on wood that he continues to sleep relatively well at night.