We need a bigger house....

Don't get me wrong. I'm grateful for all of the supplies that are arriving on my doorstep - bottles of formula, feeding bags, tubing, etc. But it all arrives in bulk; one month's worth of supplies at a time.

Our house was "cozy" before Oliver arrived. For nearly nine months, we worked at cleaning out closets. We reorganized to make more room. We bought a small storage shed. And when Oliver arrived in August, our house became a little "cramped" with teeny clothes, play mats, swings, diapers and such.

Then, in December, the equipment began arriving. At first, just a CoughAssist and a pulse oximeter. Neither had much in the way of additional supplies (or "consumables" as the insurance company likes to call them). Then we got a couple good-sized boxes of SimplyThick to add to the breast milk. Then we switched to formula with the SimplyThick added.

In February, the newest addition to our equipment family arrived: a nebulizer. And several little boxes of albuterol to go with it. A mask or two. Some tubing. A makeshift adapter with a T-connection so Ollie could have his treatments while lying down. We'd gone from a little cramped to surrendering the coffee table to the equipment family.

We got home from the hospital on Tuesday with a couple of patient belonging bags with 5mL and 3mL syringes to flush the tubing for his feeds. Several Y-site extension tubes to make it easier to administer medicines via g-tube. A couple of 60mL syringes to vent his g-tube and give feeds via gravity. A few bags to hang feeds in case we got a pump.

Then Wednesday rolls around. The home medical equipment and supply company delivers a Kangaroo Joey feeding pump with small backpack. More feed bags. A pole to hang the feeds and mount the pump.

Today, a box of 30 feed bags arrives. Along with more Y-site extensions. Plus four cases of ready to feed formula. And one can of powdered formula. The tubing that runs from Oliver's Bard button to the Y-site extension tube hasn't even arrived yet.