Today was a good day. I held Grayson with every feeding like yesterday, although today he did have one or two heart rate drops. I'm not sure what they are going to do at this point. They say that babies should out grow this by 34-35 weeks, so maybe he'll just do that!
He is still tolerating his tube feeds at 40mL every 3 hours. The nurse said that maybe, just maybe, they'll try a bottle next week. She said that they start out with one bottle at 9am just to see how the baby will tolerate it. The NICU nurses say that white males are whimpy and usually take longer to learn to suck, swallow, and breathe, so it may take a while for him to learn it. As usual, I'm hoping he proves them wrong!
Grayson's bilirubin was 8 today and you can definitely tell a difference in his skin color. Also, he weighed in at 4 pounds and 8 ounces! It seriously won't be long before he grows out of the t-tiny preemie clothes!!!
I can't wait to see the lil Trooper in the morning!
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