Donald, Congratulations! It is weird to read this information here, because I have just gone through similar trials.
I have not been active on the Mercedes list for some time. We found out our baby would have a birth defect (which has turned out less severe than it could have been - it can be fixed by surgery and there may be no lasting effects). But our baby was born 10 weeks early. We were in the NICU for, I believe, over 10 weeks. Your description of the suck, swallow, breathe problems is VERY familiar. And the tiring out thing as well. The "speech therapist" at the hospital says it's like running a marathon - eating for a preemie. Anyway, if you have any questions or things to share, you can contact me on, or off list. Sounds like your baby is doing somewhat better than ours in terms of eating and weight gain. The hospital wants her to eat so much more than she does. In fact, she is not even meeting 80% of what was required of her in order to get discharged from the hospital. I have managed to hang on to our 83 240D but have devoted no time to it. Still sits in our garage with a clutch system leak and dead battery. There is pressure to get rid of it, but I don't really want to! brian On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> wrote: > Gerry wrote: "Great news, Donald! Tell us about the little one and about > your new house." > > Ok. The Little one (Henry) weighed 5 lbs 4 ounces when he was born. We > arrived the day after he was born. He was 4 weeks premature, but was > healthy. He was just a little small and he had trouble with the suck - > swallow - breath instinct. He would wear himself out trying to eat. He did > very well and gained weight everyday. All his other development was perfect. > He was there for 2.5 weeks and then we had to wait for adoption paperwork > to go through. We came home on April 17th. He had already gained > significant weight. He is perfect. Blondish hair blue eyes. Oddly, he > actually looks like me. He really does. He is now almost 3 months old. He > has gained twice as much weight as the doctor's want him to. He hasn't > quite caught up to a full term 3 month old, but he is close. He is a very > happy baby, but he still hasn't mastered sleeping through the night. He has > really big hands and feet and he is a ham. Lots of personality and he > turned over on his 1 month birthday. So, Im sure he is going to be an > over-achiever! :) He just had his first cold this weekend and he weighs > almost 11 pounds! > > The house is a big ass ranch. VERY different from the previous house. The > previous house was a very nice 1929 brick English Tudor. It had beautiful > hardwoods and fantastic wood trim and some really amazing architectural > details. However, it had small cramped rooms, tiny closets, no master > bathroom, a detached garage and a small yard. It was also the most > expensive house on the block and the neighborhood was really declining. The > new house was built in 1979. AND it is chock full of boom -chicka - wow > -wow 70's glam. Lots of paneling, lots of chain light fixtures, ugly > wallpaper, and one room with floor to ceiling and wall to wall mirrors! > But, it also has 3500 sg. Ft, 3 bathrooms, a half acre yard, wide open > rooms, a finished basement, a huge deck a walk in closet, an attached > oversized garage and its 50 YEARS newer. So, we have been tearing down > wallpaper and painting, and remodeling. Its going a little slower than > expected with the new kid. The really odd thing is since the market is > down, we actually bought this house $30,000 below appraisal and for the same > price we were trying to sell our old house for. Instead of being the most > expensive house in a declining neighborhood, we have the cheapest house in a > very nice neighborhood. My neighbor and I have already bonded. He has a > 500E. It is BEAUTIFUL. > > > Donald H. Snook > McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A. > 300 West Douglas > P.O. Box 207 > Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207 > Tel. (316) 263-5851 > This confidential message may be subject to the attorney-client privilege > or protected by the attorney work-product doctrine. If you have received > this message in error, please delete it and notify me. > > http://www.mtsqh.com/ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
