Yesterday, October 1st, Riley Jay made his appearance to the world. He was born at 10:26am, weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces and 19.5 inches long.
He is currently in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) due to transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN). Basically, the short story of that is his lungs are real "wet" and that causes him to have to breath really fast to get enough air in. Obviously there is more to it than that, and you can google TTN for more information if your interested, but that is the short version. :o) It sounds like we should expect him to be in the NICU for a few days at least.
Travis is in love with his new little brother and cannot hardly wait to hold him. I got to hold him this morning which was WONDERFUL! Compared to the other babies in the NICU, he's huge. But compared to Travis when he was a baby, Riley is sooooo tiny!
He looks like he has a headfull of dark hair, although I haven't seen him without a hat on yet, but have peeked underneath the hat.
So here is just a couple pictures....none are great in terms of what he looks like because he has the CPAP mask on, but you can get a little peek. And yes....he has a hat on with pink ribbons. They needed a hat that is special for the cpap mask and ties the wires up for it and they wanted a tighter one and the pink one was all they could find at the time. I'm hoping it gets poop on it and they have to find a more boyish one soon :o)
More pictures soon!
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4 comments:
Lindsey,
I felt so honored to get to go visit Riley last night. He's beautiful! I'm so thrilled that you got to hold him today. Seeing the pictures brought tears to my eyes. I'm so happy for you all! I can't wait to get my hands on him!
Christie
Hi Lindsey, I can't wait to see little Riley this afternoon. What precious little pictures. I'm praying for him. See you soon, Love, Pauline
Lindsey,Jay,and Travis,
Congratulations to you all, and hugs for precious Riley. He sure looks like a "keeper" to me. I will be praying that he will soon be in your arms without all the tubes and such, but glad they are letting you bond with him. Tell Travis, Riley is so lucky to have him for a big brother.
Can't wait to see more pictures!
Love to all,Dale (Mom-Mom Budd)
He's beautiful even with all that stuff on him
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!!!
Love, Aunt Cheryle
Christina & Kayla
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