Day 87

Henry is doing great. He has been off the feeding tube for a full week and drinking like a champ. He drinks anywhere from 2-3oz. He is still on CPAP. They were alternating between that and the nasal cannula every 1.5hrs but it was actually wearing him out waking him up so often..."don't wake a sleeping baby..." so he was not doing so great for a few days. They decided to keep him on the cannula during the day, CPAP at night and just let him sleep. When he wakes up, he eats..no more waking him up. This seems to be working really well, he seems very happy. He looks great when he doesn't have all the tubes and crap on his face. I'm so happy that during the day I get to stare at his face..makes things a little easier.

He officially hit the 6lbs mark this weekend..so awesome. Eating and growing are 2 things that can be a problem with preemies..not this kid!

Yesterday was my official due date. I didn't write because i didn't really want to think about it. I don't honestly know what to think about it. I was supposed to have a baby yesterday, but he came 3 months early, he was supposed to be home yesterday but we're being told he still has "weeks" to go. So I just keep focusing on the fact that although he is sick, he is here, he will be coming home and he WILL get better.

We went to an information session yesterday on Early Intervention it was very informative. They are saying based on the fact of his size, being a micropreemie, he is guarenteed to have some kind of issues, but there are no telling what they will be and to what extent. One plus is that babies who have feeding issues are at higher risk for speech issues...he defintely does not have feeding issues so that is one thing we hopefully do not have to worry about.

Since his due was yesterday, his adjusted age is now 1 day old. That is the guideline we will be using for eating, walking, talking etc. Hopefully soon we'll start to see some smiles!!