Happy One Month Birthday!!!

Wow, has it really been a month? My precious baby has grown so much, especially over the past week. He weighs in at a hefty 2.4 pounds now. As of last night, Jaden had his TPN completely removed and is solely receiving breast milk! Hopefully he will tolerate this so that we don't have to go back on it. They finally removed his stitches and surgical tape from the heart surgery. It left his skin rather sore and red in spots. They're just applying a topical antibiotic to help it heal. His chest x-rays have been coming back clean. They'll continue to monitor them to look for any small sign that the collapsed lung is back. The way that he looks since his heart surgery is beyond better!!! I feel as though he is finally filling out--he looks less fragile everyday. Joe and I have been joking about how chubby he is or about how you can no longer see his neck due to his double chin. It's so adorable and more importantly, so normal. My experience as a mother has been anything but normal up to this point. And unless you've experienced the life of a NICU mother, words cannot describe it well enough. So this small piece of normalcy is greatly welcomed!