6 down...

...240 to go. That's according to Uncle Craig regarding Aaron's new weight. As of yesterday, Aaron is officially a 6lb baby. He weighed in at 6lb 0.8oz at the doctor's office, which is exactly 1lb more than his discharge weight on July 10th. He is caught up to what the doctors think is "ideal" weight gain at 1oz/day. They also checked on his inguinal hernia and said it was doing well (since I was getting worried about it on Sunday). There is no immediate need for repair though it is definitely needed in the future. Once Aaron's at a better weight it will be done, since he will need to be put under general anesthesia to fix it.

Aaron also had is first real bath today. We've been sponge bathing him like we did at the hospital but he just getting too big and it is taking too long. So, we filled up the sink and put him in! After his first initial jump, he seemed to really enjoy it. Of course he pooped on my shirt as soon as I took his diaper off! It also got him pretty tired and, after taking his bottle, took a nice long nap.

He is also getting very good at sleeping longer through the night. When we first got him home, we tried to hard to get him up every 3 hours to eat, as instructed by the NICU. But Aaron, just like his mommy, absolutely loves to sleep and would do miserably and choke at his night feedings. So, we just let him sleep. Although this initially had me very worried about his weight gain, yesterday's doctor visit showed me that he/we are doing just fine!

Clayton and I are still busy finishing up a few things down here in NJ while setting up some appointments up in VT. Aaron's got a few more people to meet before we leave this weekend and we're excited about that. Oh, what a bittersweet week this is turning out to be.