The Chronicles of Baby Vosloo

  July 25, 2025 Sup m’nerds? Sorry, couldn’t help it; it’s an Office reference. Lol. Anyway, I know it’s been awhile so I will try to play catch up and get you all up to speed on everything Vosloo! So with my last entry, I gave you the story of Sal’s birth. Now, let’s get into the recovery phase of it, (for me), and the NICU phase of it, (for all of us). I will start by saying that the first week or so of recovery was ROUGH. It took quite awhile before I was able to get my pain to a manageable level. For at least two days, I felt like I could never get enough sleep. Idk if it was a lasting effect of the anesthesia, a trauma response for my body, a reaction to the medication I was on or what. But I just could not stay awake. I’m really thankful Chris ended up using FMLA and stayed with me instead of going back to work 5 days after Sal was born like we originally planned. It was a pretty decent walk from our room at Renucci House to the NICU, and I wasn’t able to make it there on my ...

  July 4, 2025 Hello again friends, and Happy Independence Day! Or as I like to call it, Happy Watch Hamilton Day! 🤣 I bet you thought you’d never hear from me again. I know it’s taken me a while to get back into things, but we’ve been quite busy over here since baby’s arrival. I do plan to keep writing, but it will probably be more sporadic since I’m not holed up in the hospital anymore. lol. So I don’t overwhelm you guys, I’m going to try to break things up.  First, our little baby is here! It’s a boy, and his name is Salvator (Sal) Arnold Vosloo, and he was born at 9:05am on May 16, 2025, weighing 4lbs 130z, and I believe he was 18” long. (Don’t quote me on that, I always forget the length. lol). Anyway, he is here and both mom and baby are doing great. He actually just turned 7 weeks old today! He actually just graduated from preemie clothes to newborn clothes about two weeks ago. I never thought I would have nearly a two month old still in newborn clothes. Lol. Okay, so ...