OK, bottle feeding went well for his first try. He didn't get tons that way, but more importantly he still didn't choke or d-sat. The occupational therapist who teaches you all of this stuff is nice and funny, but certainly detail-oriented. To get him the best experience there are certain angles you hold his back compared to certain angles and a particular way you hold his head and neck, and turn him to the side, and his hands should be holding your pinky and thumb wile the rest of your fingers hold the bottle at a certain angle as to not drown him but not so low that he can't get anything, and you touch the bottle to his mouth after you have him suck his own hand and then a binky, and then you wait for certain lip movements to tell you he is ok with the bottle and if milk leaks don't wipe, only blot, and if he moves his head a little back you change the angle of the bottle, and if he takes his head too far back you let the bottle come out so he can catch his breath... and then start again.
It wasn't hard, but talk about pressure having the expert stare you down and tell you everything to do, she is not exactly suble and quiet about it. This was abut 10-11 last night, I had been going since 4am, ao I was a little punchy and giving her a hard time, it was funny. She could dish it and take it too.
He hit 5lbs 8 oz a day or so ago, which is great of course. He'll get weighed officially again tonight.
His hemoglobin counts were low again, so they are putting him on iron supplements instead of another blood transfusion. They try not to do transfusions after 36 weeks.
He hit 37 week gestational yesterday and is 8 weeks old today! In a weekish he will be two months, it feels like it has been two days and two years and forever all at the same time.
Ang got to hold him yesterday. She asked if it felt weird to be a dad... not even a little..I didn't need to hesitate or think.. It feels so right. She agreed it feels like we have all known him forever. Sometimes when she watches Kristen with him she thinks, whoa, she's a mom. I like watching Kristen when she thinks no one is really watching. She's so loving and gentle.
His head scan came back all normal! There are 5 categories they check out, and he passed with flying colors on all of them.
He's still on caffeine, and it seems like it is helping with the oxygen swinging, I haven't noticed the swinging as much the last day or so, so I'm guessing that's the caffeine.
Kristen and I were snuggling and listening to the rain this morning waiting for it to be time to head to the hospital. It would've been so perfect for him to be there laying with us. But, tomorrow is the day of my over zealous guess on a coming home date, and I'm certainly out of the running. We're far enough away still that plans are not being made.
Not impatient AT ALL!!
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So glad that the scans were normal! There will be alot of morning time snuggles coming your way soon.
Was that a normal brain scan with a 'Barnum Clan' baseline? Hmmm...
Guy
Phew!! Feel like we can take a deep breath now and concentrate on all the other speed bumps!! If he improves in the next few weeks as much as he has in the past few weeks, things will be great!
Amy, Dad and I laughed at your DETAILED acct. on the milk, freezer etc. adventure when we read it this a.m. at her place, what a hoot! Poor Kristen, I would beat you with the handle of a shovel just before I buried you in the back yard. Love, Muzz
I love checking up on you guys! It is weird when you think back and try to figure out where your kids were in certain memories and realize that they weren't born yet. Doesn't that make any sense? It does to me but I don't have normal brain scans...
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