When I saw the latest batch of pictures of Bryson and Grandma Jane, I remembered that we took a similar picture of Jane and Jarom about 27 years ago, so I thought some of our viewers might find the comparisons interesting. First some facts:
- Jarom weighed 3lbs 10oz; Bryson 5 lbs 1oz
- Jarom was 15 inches long; Bryson 17 inches long
- Jarom was born at 27 weeks; Bryson was born at 35 weeks
- Jarom was in the hospital 4 weeks; Bryson was in the hospital 5 days
- Jarom was discharged weight 4 lbs 8 oz; Bryson was discharged weighing 4lbs 13oz
Deja Vu?
That is a special sized "preemie" Pampers disposable diaper Jarom is wearing. Jane still has one in her dresser drawer. They are about 3 1/2 " x 5" folded.
Jarom was too small to have an IV in his hand, so his was in his scalp; hence the shaved spots on his head.
Jarom in the isolet; notice that they used a doctor's mask as a diaper when he was under the ultraviolet light for bilirubin treatments
I think this is a newborn picture.
Jarom masked for the bili light
Notice the surgical mask "diaper"?
Melissa; do those bandaids on the heels look familiar? When the light is right, you can still see the scars on Jarom's heels from all the blood gas draws. Staci has them also from her newborn pneumonia stay.
This was discharge day; Jane was 22 years old with her 3rd child.
This was in the tan station wagon that we inherited from John and Pearl. Notice the high tech car seat in the front seat. This was before we knew about child safety. There weren't seat belt laws or car seat laws yet. And Jarom's first bath at home. This would have been on the kitchen table at the Virginia Ave. house. Look carefully and you'll see one of the avacado place mats that we used to have.
6 comments:
Those pictures are awesome. I think Bryson looks a lot like me, except for his lips and chin, which he may get from Melissa. I will have to download these and post them too.
Jarom
PS
Bryson was in the NICU for 5 days
Those pictures are amazing. I didn't realize just how little Jarom was until now. By the way, Bryson weighed 4 lbs 13 oz. when he was discharged on Wednesday. I can definitely see a lot of his daddy in little Bryson. Thanks for sharing. We'll have to post them on our site soon.
-- Melissa
Tessa and Marie think that "Grandma Jane was so beautiful until...(and the rest Marie was too embarrassed for me to post because she didn't want to hurt Grandma Jane's feelings)." It has something to do with her being an "old lady."
Jarom still doesn't have much upper body strength.
I love these pictures. It's amazing to see Jarom as a tiny, fragile, sweet baby, instead of the belching, intestinal beast he's become today. ;) My favorites are the ones with Mom looking so young herself, and of his little tiny baby tooshie. Notice they don't put babies on tummies anymore... Thanks Dad for a great post!
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