Today LJ weighed 5 pounds! The past few days he has made incredible progress after his setbacks last week. THey took him off oxygen again last night, and so far he is doing great again. They have continued to increase his feedings...he is now taking 40 ml 8 times a day. We are working on nutritive breast feeding now...but last night he just figured out what he was supposed to do. He still isn't strong enough to get much, but he's getting there. He is taking about half of one bottle each day too. He just gets too tired to get anymore.
Above are a couple of pictures I took today as I was sitting there. He has seemed so weak and fragile until now. I was playing with him today and realized that he is really starting to relax, fill out, and become more of what I think of when I think of a newborn. He has such a gentle demeanor...he doesn't fuss much. He smiles alot (even if they are just gassy smiles!).
We have also decided that I will not be going back to work. It makes me sad to leave my school of over 7 years, but I am also excited to be able to be home with LJ. Since his immune system will not be mature for quite some time, the thought of sending him to daycare scared us both. A new chapter in our lives begins...
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