Dane is Famous!

Dane is 4 weeks old today! (And, therefore, it has been 4 weeks since his blog was started). You may have noticed a box at the bottom of the blog that says "visitor counter" with no additional information. This counter is part of Google Analytics and, by checking our account, we can view lots of really interesting information about the website visitors. For instance, since the blog was started The Daily Dane has had:
1,188 site visits with 2,442 total pageviews, of which the counter noted 237 unique visitors / IP addresses from a recorded 7 countries (USA, Brazil, Ghana, Israel, China, Germany, & Thailand). Most (505) of the page visits have been from Madison, WI (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Anderson) but, as I mentioned, we have had people check up on Dane from around the world.

And as far as the Dane Report today, Dane is doing well. After we left the NICU last night, he went 8 feedings in a row taking them entirely from the bottle! That is great! His 2pm feed today, however, he needed some help to finish the last 10cc of his bottle...he just got too tired, so we fed him through his tube. It is encouraging that he is doing better. His improvement is, at least in part, due to switching him to the Dr. Brown Wide-Neck bottle. He loves it and it helps him latch for a better suck. We are learning his cues as to when he is drinking too fast or forgets to breathe, so as to help not overload him with milk in one mouthful and either throw up or aspirate some milk into his lungs.

Because we hope he is getting close to coming home, I stopped by the Winfield Fire Department and had two really nice firemen help correctly install the carseat. Larissa and I tried our best, but it seems that the back seat in Larissa's Camry is too sloped for the carseat, so they had to prop the seat up with some foam to make it at the correct angle. We also thought it was odd that the carseat is only connected at the rear of the bench, clipped to where the seat meets the backrest. The front end of the carseat (which is actually the rear of the carseat, because for newborns you have the carseat in the back, facing back) has a little movement to it but the firemen said some movement is fine as long as there is less than an inch of wiggle-room where it connects to the seat.

Lastly, we had Larissa's 2nd baby shower today (at Tyndale, with her coworkers). It was fun for her to see everyone and the theme was mini-food, in homage to our mini-babe:) We got some much needed last items from the baby registry. One of her co-workers, Rachel, also made an amazing cake; it was delicious and rivaled any "professional" cake we've ever seen. Thanks to everyone who came - we had a great time catching up!