Peyton's First Night Home and First Bath

Well, we survived our first night home! Peyton is still as sleepy as she was when we were in the hospital so it is a relief to know that she wasn't acting! We had a couple of issues our first night but mostly due to Mommy not being used to waking up in the middle of night. It will take some getting used to. Also, Peyton is a sleeper which makes feeding time even more difficult. She doesn't wake up for feedings on her own and she is very difficult to wake up and be alert and often falls asleep multiple times throughout a feeding. Since we are supplementing with formula she should only be breast feeding for 20 minutes and then having her formula which one would think wouldn't be that long of a process but due to her sleepiness it takes a solid hour. No fun when she gets her next feeding in two hours! I am sure this is short lived and in a couple of weeks when she is always awake I will long for these days back...until then, our most common phrase is, "Peyton wake up..."

Today we had our first bath. With the formula supplment she has been spitting it all over herself and I also wanted to give her a bath after coming home from the hospital. Here are a couple of pictures and a video and I have uploaded some pictures (click the link under the pictures section on the left).

Our next adventure is our first outing tomorrow to the peditrician for a follow up on her weight as well as for a referral to a orthopedic surgeon for her dislocated hip. As I write that I realize that I don't think we have updated everyone on the hip situation so for some background information....since she was breached, her feet were up near her face and when she came out that is where she kept them. They believe that she was in that position for awhile and as a consequence her left hip is dislocatted. We have been assured that this is normal with breached babies and is not something to be concerned about but needs some attention. The common treatment is a brace that she will wear for a couple of months or so to help guide her bones to fuse correctly. Our peditrician was very reassuring and will be sending us to a specialist to recommend the next course of action. Please pray for the doctor's and that they have wisdom in recommending the right care for her and that she heals correctly.