He was very wide awake and alert during his feeding and took almost the entire bottle, I think if he was given a little more time he would take the whole thing. He just gets tired and needs to take a break. They did say they are removing the IV today so I can take a hat from home for him to wear. I also get to bring our bottles and they will start using those so he can get used to them. I feel like these are both checks in the good news column! After he got done eating I was able to get about 20 minutes of good snuggle time in, he was wide awake and held my finger the whole time. My mom even held him for a few minutes, she hasn't held him yet, she kept saying she would wait until he got bigger. I think the cuteness got to her and she couldn't resist any longer!
Its hard to believe this time last week I was excited to be going to our third child birth class that night! Now a week later I am holding my beautiful little baby, life sure can throw you some unexpected (but truly delightful) curve balls! We will be going back to see Elijah for his 1 PM, 7 PM and 10 PM feedings so I will give updates on those feedings tonight! Here are a few pictures from today...
Steve and I went to see Elijah for his 1 PM feeding, he was wide awake when we got there and seemed ready to eat. I had brought enough breast milk for that feeding plus his 4 o'clock feeding, this makes for one happy momma! We tried to give him his feeding out of one of our bottles from home but he did not seem to like the bottle at all. He got the hiccups really bad so we decided to switch back over to the hospital bottles. Even though he was super awake he didn't seem very interested in his bottle. We got him to take about 2/3rds of it and they finished the rest in his NG tube.
Since Steve has to work again tonight my cousin Kassie came over to take me to Elijah's 7 PM feeding. She hadn't got to see Elijah up close yet so she was very excited to go with me, I didn't have to twist her arm to much! He was awake and stirring when we got there and seemed pretty ready for his bottle. His temp was only 97.6 which was a little low so they put a hat on him and swaddled him up good. They always do an exam on him before we start the feeding, during the exam the nurse said she felt what is called a bowel loop. I don't know a lot about them yet but they said it didn't seem to be to bad so they would just watch them. He is still having bowel movements and his stomach hasn't changed in size so they aren't to worried at this time. He was pretty interested in his bottle and took 30 of 40 mils by bottle, they said not to be discouraged since he when he was taking his bottle he was taking it very well and lots of interest in it. I found out that at his 10 o'clock feeding we were going to give him a sponge bath. This isn't necessarily a check mark in the progress column but its something I am looking forward to! So again we are just taking it one day at a time and looking forward to 10 o'clock!
Well Elijah's 10 PM feeding was an experience! I got to give him a sponge bath and he was not a happy guy! He would have preferred that we left him alone, but a cute guy has got to be clean. They said the bowel loop hadn't changed any and they weren't overly concerned about it but they were being careful and watching it. His nurse tonight was a new nurse I hadn't seen before, she looked like she was maybe 12 years old but she was super sweet and knowledgeable. By the time we got done with his bath Elijah was almost tuckered out. He did take about half of his feeding with a bottle, they assure me not to worry because he is very interested and vigorously taking the bottle when he does eat. Since he had to take half the feeding in the pump I got to snuggle him while he was getting the feeding. He was so cute, he kept sticking his hand up and when I would put my finger down there he would hold my finger. I can't get enough of this little guy! I did take a few pictures while I was there so I will share those with you all!
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