6 months old, 3 months corrected age

Hailey and Ginger Hailey and Kyrie at Graduation Hailey Representing CU


Hailey and mommy making Mahi Tacos and Hailey on tummy time

As of Hailey's 6 month check up on May 24th she weighs 11lbs. 13oz. and she is 20 3/4 in long. According to the chart she is in the 35% for weight and 5% for height. We are waiting for her height to catch up but with babies it can happen over night. Hailey has been hitting all the 3 month milestones so we are so excited.
Holding her head up - mastered
Following objects or people- mastered
Responding to voices- mastered
Reaching for and grabbing for objects- in progress
Head control- mastered
Reacting to her name- mastered
Rolling over - in progress
Scooting- mastered
We have been really busy in the Brand house.
Hailey has been working and playing hard. Mommy has going back to school full time. Daddy is working hard at work and getting extra hours.

Home Life

Hailey has been home for 2 weeks now. We have been spending a lot of time cuddling catching up on time lost. In the last two days Hailey has been scooting herself around the couch so we can't leave her unattended. The dogs and Hailey are getting acquainted. Jack-jack gets a little upset if we let her cry a little to long for his liking so he will bark at us to inform us we need to attend to her. Kaia on the other hand spends a lot of time in the bedroom sleeping on our bed. I'm sure she will warm up to Hailey soon she is having problems with sharing Daddy. We absolutely love life with Hailey home. It has been crazy so I apologize that we haven't posted lately but I hope once I have a routine down I can post more frequently.

4 months 3 weeks

PRAISE THE LORD OUR BABY GIRL IS HOME!!!!! Little miss Hailey was released from the hospital this evening we are settling in for our first night at home with her. As I type she is sleeping in her swing but its getting close to feeding time. She weighs 9lbs. 3 oz. now and we have a big day tomorrow we are meeting with our pediatrician. So I should get her fed and get both of us in bed. Sleep when she Sleeps right!

4 1/2 months old

Hailey has been through a rough week. She has been very sick. They found out she had pneumonia, and that her heart was working to hard so they gave her a medication to open the blood vessels in her lungs so the blood could pump through her lungs easier. The urine culture came back negative this morning so she does not have a bladder infection. We are hoping that the meds start helping her and that she will be home before May.

4 months 1 week old or 5 weeks Corrected age

The last two weeks have been really hectic and stressful around here. On March 17th Hailey had surgery. She had a G tube put in and a nissen done. A nissen is where they take a flap of muscle off of her spleen and wrap it around the esophagus so she wont have stomach acid or food come up and fill into her lungs. They had to put the g tube in because she can no longer burp or throw up so we feed and burp her through the g tube. After the surgery things took a turn for the worse she didn't handle it very well. She had to be on a ventilator for a few days after the surgery she has been having withdrawls from the pain medication which has been very scary to watch. As she grows the nissen will loosen so she will be able to throw up someday. In order for her to get the g tube out she will have to take all feedings by mouth and be able burp on her own. They will take it out when we haven't used it for 3 months. On Monday we got to start feeding her through the g tube it is pretty easy and once the warm milk goes into her belly she gets a smile on her face. The doctors are going to give her an eco to make sure her heart is doing well. Also they will do an eeg to measure her brain waves to make sure she is detoxing from the pain meds and not having seizures. We might have a neurological consult if the eeg comes back irregular.
Besides dealing with the drama from her surgery she is doing fine. She is getting so big she weighs 8 lbs. 2oz. and she is now on low flow oxygen at 150ml. We hope that the doctors will be telling us soon that we are going to begin the discharge process.
The discarge process consists of 2 stay over nights in a private room so we can get use to the equipment we will have at home with the assistance of the nurses if we have problems or questions other wise we will be on our own. She also has to do a car seat trial to make sure she won't need more oxygen while she is in her car seat. The hospital needs to contact and oxygen, feeding pump and medical supplies companies so we will have everything set up for her when she gets home. The doctors will also schedule our appointments for her first month home. After we have all these things completed we will know her discharge date.

16 weeks Corrected 2 weeks old

Sorry for the update being late I've been working on a project for school. Well we are still waiting for the surgeons to schedule her surgery. We are getting a little frustrated and so are the doctors. We hope that we get word soon and that she will be home around Easter. Hailey is 7lbs 7oz and growing, she is so strong. She loves to listen to classical music and rock in the rocking chair. She is starting to get bored so I took her some toys today hopefully they will work for her.