Life with the Lippincott's: October Milestones

October brought all sorts of milestones for Tate and us....good and bad:

10.1.10: carseat test-passed with flying colors! Tate had to sit in the carset for 1 hour and keep his oxygen level up in order to pass.

10.5.10: the first whole bottle Tate drank - we used the Playtex drop-in bottles

10.9.10: Tate's 1st time in the bouncy seat

10.10.10: daddy hurt his back and had to go to the ER - he could not move so Tate snuggled with him.

10.11.10: the day we found out that Tate might be allergic to my breast milk. A stomach xray showed his stomach was not digesting my breast milk correctly causing him to be fussy and gassy. That was the day we put Tate on formula for the 1st time - Similac Alimentum, aka...liquid gold. I was told that after a month or two we could try my breast milk again.

10.15.10: the 1st time Tate ate without his feeding tube! Who would have known this would be the day we got to go home!

10.15.10: family picture before leaving the NICU!!! This was the best feeling in the world. When the doctor came and told us she was going to dismiss Tate we started to run around with our heads cut off! After living at the hopstial for 37 days I accumulated a lot of things that needed to go home. I think it took 5 large loads to get everything packed into the car!

10.15.10: Tate's 1st ride in the car - on our way home finally :) He was a perfect angel. He slept the whole time! It was cute to see how slow daddy drove with precious cargo.