Clara is home!

A lot has happened since Sunday! We started giving Clara all of her food by bottle and she just took off. She immediately started taking the volume they wanted with every feeding and no longer needed to be supplemented via the tube in her nose. Yesterday morning when the resident came to check on her he said we'd likely be taking her home the same day. By mid-morning there was a steady stream of medical professionals coming into our room to give us final info for taking care of Clara, and at 1:00 yesterday afternoon we loaded her in the car and left the hospital as a family! I thought I'd feel nervous leaving the hospital with her, but it actually just felt really good and right.

At home she did things like...

staying asleep in her car seat when we brought her into the apartment

sleeping on the living room floor

and having her diaper changed.

Clara is doing really well, but we are learning how to deal with some lingering affects of the way her esophagus and trachea formed in the womb - namely reflux and some breathing difficulties. She should outgrow these things by the time she's two years old, but until then mommy needs to learn how to not freak out every time she chokes or gags. Daddy is better at handling this than mommy is.

Clara is starting to wake up from her nap so I expect she'll be screaming for a bottle at any moment. I better get this posted quick. :)