Happy Thanksgiving!
Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
We certainly have much to give God thanks! We began the day with attending church. Afterward, we spent some time at home prepping our part of the food for the celebration with friends.
Xavier was alert during most of his first Thanksgiving feast. There was a lot going on, and he had an adoring fan club touching and petting him throughout most of the afternoon: four girls ages six through twelve hovered around him frequently.
There was disappointment we did not allow any of them to hold Xavier (and some of them were trying hard to broker deals!). Though Xavier is healthy and strong, and we believe not in danger of many of the issues which beset preemies, still Rebecca and I are reluctant to expose him to a lot of handling. We still have the NICU training in our thoughts, and the testimonies and advice of many parents who raised preemies. These parents have many tales of woe from being too free with passing their children around, or exposing them to so many people at one time.
Xavier had more than enough stimulation this afternoon, putting him off his food and his sleep. This led him to grow cranky, and Rebecca and I had to call it a day. We still had a :45 minute drive to get home, and Xavier fussed all the way.
After some time getting him to settle, he ate a full bottle (finally), and went to sleep (eventually).