Saturday, September 22, 2007

Grandma & Grandpa Considine

My parents returned to Ontario this morning after a great visit with their first Grandchild. Dad unfortunately had to work in Greenwood until Thursday but Mom was a big help throughout the week. Nathan weighed in at 7lbs 15oz on Thursday and is taking a page from Jack Kwasny's book eating all the time, tiring Yvette out. He is sleeping pretty good and is fairly content unless he is hungry. Tomorrow, Yvette's parents arrive to spend some quality time with their first Grandchild.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Welcome Home

Nathan finally got a clean bill of health on Thursday and was discharged from the IWK after his final dose of antibiotics. He wasn't sure about his surroundings and spent most of the night restless and crying. Yvette is doing great and is keeping up with Nathan's hectic feeding schedule which last night was every 1/2 hr. Java has been excited & curious about Nathan except when he cries, she has been a little sucky though and jumped into bed with Yvette while she was sleeping. Nathan is happily awaiting the arrival of Grandma & Grandpa Considine tonight then Grandad & Grandma McRae next weekend.

Alex





Monday, September 10, 2007

Hello Nathan

Nathan, William Considine was born 06 Sept 2007 at 2106. He was 7lbs 7oz and was 21.5 in long and his head was 13.4 in around. As you can see from the photos he had a full head of Brown hair just like daddy and big brown eyes. Yvette was in Labour for about 15hrs and took only 14 min to push Nathan out, all without any drugs. Unfortunately Nathan had a bit of an infection and was jaundice so he was taken down to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where he was under UV light until yesterday but is still on antibiotics. Fortunately all the tests for major infections came back negative but he's probably going to remain in the NICU on antibiotics until Thursday. Yvette is doing well and Nathan is a fighter just like her. Everyone at the IWK has been fantastic, we couldn't have asked to be in a better place. We'd like to thank everyone for the well wishes and phone calls, hopefully you'll all get to meet the little tough guy soon.
Alex