He's a Growing Boy!

Day 13:

Today has been a good day for Conor the Lion-Heart! Starting with your 9:30am feeding you came out of your isolette ready to go... You were hungry and wasted no time going to breast, Son. For 20 minutes! Easily your longest to date... And then you had your bottle, too!! 28 milliliters by bottle ON TOP of your already full belly from nursing with Mommy... Everybody was so impressed! We all see how hard you're working, Son. And I'm so proud of you. My Conor An Chroí Lion. Yet another milestone, you made 4 lbs! That much closer to home, Son.

Funny enough though, I paid dearly for your hearty appetite! While changing your diaper this evening around 7:00pm I experienced my first "poo-tastrophy"! It seems you needed to make some room for all that good food you've been putting away, which ordinarily would be fine, except you waited until the moment I took your diaper off to unleash the fury... You literally blasted the inside of your isolette, and Mommy had the birds eye view of the disaster! She laughed so hard she had to leave the room! And in so doing left me holding your legs in the air, poo everywhere - disaster. Thankfully Mommy came back into the room with a nurse to rescue me and we got you cleaned up, but wow! What an adventure!

Otherwise, Christmas has come and gone and so has the need to listen to Christmas music; a novelty to be sure but one that I tire of quickly... So the night has been full of Daddy's favorites. Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Waylon Jennings, Jimi Hendrix... And easy conversation with your nurses. The nurses here just love you, Conor. They love to work with you, talk about you, play with you... You're in such good hands, Son. And though it's so hard to leave you here night after night and head home, I know how good they are, and so I rest easy. Mommy too.

And with that, I'll bid you goodnight, Boy. But I'll see you tomorrow.

I love you.
-Dad