Pret met Tyler

Ons het soveel pret met Tyler. Hy is die soetste baba!!! Hy is doodtevrede om net op sy eie in sy bed te le en huil bitter min. Hy sal net huil as sy ma nie vinnig genoeg na sy sin met die kos kom nadat hy al gewaarsku het dat hy honger is nie... Badtyd was aanvanklik baie traumaties, maar nadat ons die bababad met die beer spons gekry het, is dit ook iets van die verlede.

Hier is 'n paar nuwe foto's van Tyler. Hy het al soveel verander sedert sy geboorte... Hy was die afgelope week al 3 weke oud.

Joel en Tyler knip 'n uiltjie...

Tyler met die kenmerkende trek van sy mond op 'n tuit.

Ons mannetjie slaap nadat hy lekker geeet het...

Geelsug...

Ons het 'n redelike besige week agter die rug. Tyler het verlede week en Saterdag huis toe gekom, maar teen Dinsdagoggend is hy weer opgeneem in die hospitaal agv geelsug. Julle kan in die foto sien sy neus is veral bietjie geel... Hy moes gaan vir ligterapie en ons was op die ou einde vir twee dae daar.

Tyler moes in die broeikas onder die ligte le om sy temperatuur te behou. Dit was maar hard om hom so te sien le vir twee dae.

Sedert ons huis toe gekom het moes ons nog elke dag gaan vir toetse om te sien of die geelsug beter word. Ongelukkig het die vlakke weer begin opgaan, so Tyler le vannaand onder 'n lig hier by die huis. Sy kamer is omskep in 'n sauna sodat hy sonder klere kan le. Ons hoop die bilirubienvlakke sal more laer wees. Hier is foto's van hom wat onder die lig le in sy kamer...

Tyler vang 'n tan!!!En hier is sommer 'n paar ander foto's...

Welcome Home, Tyler Jay..!!!

Hello everyone..!!

We are excited to announce the arrival of Tyler Jay Slate, who came on Thursday, October 30th at 10:47 pm. He weighed 6 lbs., 5 oz. (2.8 kg) and was 19" (48.5cm) long. He was born at 35 weeks, 5 days (had he gone to full term, he would likely have been a pretty big boy). He and Hannalize are home and doing great.

Thursday evening, I came home from work and was throwing the ball outside for the dogs when Hannalize yelled out the upstairs window for me to come up. I thought something must be up, but I didn't want to say anything too loud. She told me that she thought her water had broke. Neither of us were too sure of what to do, so we called the Doctor. He told us to come in about 7:30 (her water broke at 5:05), since there weren't any contractions going on. About 7:20 pm, she started having some stronger contractions. We got to the hospital and they put her on the monitor. At 8:00 she was already 5-6 cm dialated, so she asked for the epidural. It took a little while to get that right, and then it was time to start pushing. She started pushing at 9:55, and Tyler showed up at 10:47. If he could have stayed in until after midnight, we would have had three generations in a row of Halloween birthdays, but he didn't want to stay in, and I'm certain that Hannalize was ready for him to come out too.

They stayed at the hospital until Saturday at about lunchtime. We came home and have had a lot of fun with him. He slept a bit better at home than he did the second night in the hospital. His schedule is a bit backwards, since he likes to sleep all day, and is a bit more restless at night. The kid seems to have a will of his own, and he has made it clear that he currently prefers sleeping to anything else, and doesn't want to eat on any kind of a regular basis.

The dogs like Tyler very much. They are enjoying spending time next to his crib and are quick to let us know if he makes a noise.

Please enjoy the pictures and we'll get some more posted as the time allows.

Love,

Joel, Hannalize, and Tyler.