We spent the last night of our hospital stay with Benjamin rooming in with us. It was a night quite similar to Nathan's last night in the hospital. Meaning, we did not get any sleep! Benjamin did a fine job of keeping us awake the whole night or at least until about 3:30. However, Chris and I really did not mind. After all, he was finally with us!
The next day (Monday) we could not wait to get home. We were tired of the hospital scene and also missing Nathan. We were quite eager to go, but the hospital again was slow.
I did get to visit with the lactation consultant before leaving. She agreed with me that Benjamin had developed a nipple confusion while spending time in the NICU drinking formula out of a bottle. She gave me a nipple shield, which somewhat feels more like a bottle nipple. It seemed to help because Benjamin accepted it more quickly than my nipple.
We also had time to take more photographs. I came up with the idea of sitting the camera on the shelf so that we could do a family shot of the three of us. The pictures turned out to be nice and also helped to pass the time spent waiting.
When we got home, we waited a bit for Nathan, as he was out to lunch with his grandparents. I watched for the car to pull up so that I could be at the door waiting for him. We both were so excited to see each other. My parents had told me earlier that Nathan really could not take much more of being away from us, and he had been quite upset the night before.
So, now we are home. Chris has been home with us this week. It has been a wonderful week together with the four of us. We have had time to rest and begin recuperating. Nathan has been able to spend some extra time with his father.
We are not quite balanced yet, as we are all still adjusting to the new changes in our family, but with time we will become used to this way of life. In fact, we probably will not really remember being any other way but the four of us!
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