Jeff took care of Henry today, as I had work to catch up on. I'm very far behind in my work. I had hoped to catch up Sunday, but then the whole cold-allergy thing came up. Jeff and I don't want to take chances with Henry's health. Preemies, especially chronic lung disease babies like Henry, are more susceptible to being hospitalized if they catch RSV. 2% of 125,000 kids who are hospitalized for RSV each year die from it. We are doing everything we can to keep him from being hospitalized. Jeff came to the conclusion that we shouldn’t go to any of the UofA basketball games. Just as Henry can catch something from a crowd, so can we. I agree (unfortunately). My parents have awesome basketball seats. We love going to the games. But we can wait a year and watch the games on our TV. Henry is certainly worth this small sacrifice.
As I began working on editing a book chapter this morning, the "blue screen of death" popped up when I started my computer. My computer is a Gateway laptop and truly a piece of fill-in-the-blank. I hadn't backed up my computer in a really long time, and I got a bit nervous when I saw the "blue screen of death." So, Jeff went off to get me a backup hard drive. About 10 minutes after he left the house, the National Annenberg Election Survey (NAES) team called. We had a conference call...I managed to miss the email. Took my by surprise, but Henry was pretty good during it. He did voice his opinions a couple times during the meeting (e.g., he felt committed to the religion battery and said so).
After Jeff got back, he took over Henry duty while I finished up the call. Then, I got the backup going. Luckily, my computer did boot up so that I could transfer files to the new hard drive. Unfortunately, my keyboard has been hit and miss on working. This computer...well, it is junk. In fact, last Monday, when I was at school, one of the computer staff members came by to install the new version of SPSS 15 on it. The school's new rules are that we (the faculty) aren't allowed to be the administrators on our own machines, because we might download software and viruses inappropriately. It's a stupid rule. Incidentally, it means that we can't download software updates (including virus protection software) without the assistance of the SBS computer staff. Anyway, the computer guy, Kellen, said, "I'd kill myself if I had to work on your laptop each day." This was after working on my computer less than 10 minutes. Again, it is a piece of junk.
Henry weighed 12 lbs 4.5 ozs today. Same as yesterday.
Jeff and I took Henry out for a walk around 3:30PM (much earlier than usual). Henry had been fusing. He didn't want his bottle. He didn't want to play in the bassinet. He was just cranky. He seemed to calm down when put in the Baby Bjorn. By the time we made it past Swani and Hal's house (the house next to us), Henry had already passed out. Guess he just needed a nap.
When we got back home, Henry had some food and passed out on Jeff for about two hours. We decided that it was OK for my dad to come over for a little bit. My mom is fairly certain that she had allergies, not a cold. And my dad hasn’t had any symptoms. So he came over to hold Henry for awhile. He arrived right around the time that Henry woke up. Henry was mad, mad, mad. He woke up screaming for food.
Jeff went to bed around 9:15PM. My dad left around 9:45PM. Henry slept on the couch, cuddling into me until 12:45AM. He woke up very upset again. I guess he’s just not used to the feeling of an empty stomach yet. I gave him a 105 ml bottle, which he drank and fell asleep. I woke Jeff up around 1:45AM, so I could pump and get some shut-eye for a little bit. Hopefully, Henry will repeat the sleeping every 2 plus hours before needing to eat. It really is nice when we get to nap in-between them.
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