A FULL BOTTLE

Last night, Justin got another bottle at midnight to work on his one bottle per day. He ate the WHOLE thing!! He was pretty tired this morning when I got there. This eating thing is hard work...it's much easier to just all of a sudden have a full tummy and not have to work for it! But, he is ready to eat at every feeding and sucks the air if he is not getting a bottle. So, we switched the order today to give him a bottle at every feeding that he is awake and I am not there. If he is really sleepy during one of the feeding times, that's fine, they will just let him sleep and give the milk through his feeding tube. We met with the lady in charge of discharges and she talked about all the things that still need to take place before he goes home. He will have a car seat evaluation in the next couple weeks to make sure he doesn't drop his O2 levels while sitting in his seat. I am supposed to bring his car seat in one of these days so we have it ready for the evaluation. He will have to sit in it for one hour with monitors on and not drop below 80%. And, of course, we have to be on full feedings at every meal before he can go home. He is doing great as his caffeine wears off although his O2 levels are a little crazy as he is getting used to it.  No worries though, the doctor is confident that he won't need to go home with oxygen. 

Justin has grown out of almost all of his preemie clothes (only a few outfits still fit) and is into the newborn stuff. The newborn outfits are way too big for him but that's ok. They will last for a little while at least.