Snuggled and sleeping in my arms while I write. Baby GL is doing great. We are snowed in for the day so it's perfect for a little lovin' time. He is getting so clever each day. He loves to pull his oxygen cannula down from his nose and suck on it in his mouth. I'm constantly re-taping the cannula in his nose. He's also getting closer to rolling. He kind of rolls up a little and drops to one side, but then straightens out to roll back to flat. He'll go back and forth while pulling on his toys on his play mat.
This week Baby GL finally arrived at 11lbs, 22 inches. We're hoping to get better results with the new feeding schedule. His reflux seems to be improving. He still will have some vomiting episodes. This morning during his morning meal he vomited and looked at me giggling. He doesn't giggle much so I just wonder what he was thinking at that moment. Maybe "ha ha Mommy has to clean me up!"
This week Baby GL finally arrived at 11lbs, 22 inches. We're hoping to get better results with the new feeding schedule. His reflux seems to be improving. He still will have some vomiting episodes. This morning during his morning meal he vomited and looked at me giggling. He doesn't giggle much so I just wonder what he was thinking at that moment. Maybe "ha ha Mommy has to clean me up!"
As we've adjusted to the new feeding schedule, we've actually made some changes. Our hopes is to get off the feeding tube. With a 2oz feeding, Baby GL does really well as finishing without the need to use the tube. What we decided to try was bumping him up to 2.5oz by bottle each feeding, which would be 2oz less we've need to feed via pump overnight. By doing that we may be able to move to one extra bottle feeding and even less time by pump. It's a process and it takes time to make the adjustments. Patience is not always on our side. We're trusting we know what we're doing because now we've been discharged from our weekly nurse visits. She'll now only come once a month to give Baby GL his synergist shot to prevent RSV, which is a respiratory illness that affects preemies. He'll still have his therapy visits so at least we're not completely on our own.
Each day is such a blessing for us. Now moving into the holiday season we are having so much fun with Baby GL. I hope that we can get him out in the snow one of these days, but I'm not going to push it. We'll just continue to spend our time snuggling and playing.
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