Today was Josiah's 5
th day in the world. That is really is about it for an update today. A lot of the status
quo and more patience required. His weight and
billirubin count did not change much from yesterday so hopefully we can start gaining weight and decreasing the
billirubin count. He only tried to nurse once today but he was just pretending to be awake and quickly decided to go to sleep and therefore no nursing practice. This little bit of information blew me away this morning, one ounce of formula has 20 calories in it, he is eating 1.3 ounces at a time eight times a day only 208 calories is what he is eating for day. I ate that in two cookies that I had today.
Danita and I decide to
sneak out for a little date night at Lone Star. We hope that the NICO is the most expensive baby sitter that we will ever have!
Here he is after trying to nurse.
Here is good shot of his face, he decide to wake up a little this afternoon.
Working on the nursing instinct with the pacifier while he eats via the feeding tube.
The day five family photo at home in the
NICU.
3 comments:
I'm so happy you guys were able to have a date night!! That is wonderful!!
Take care,
The Hardins
P.S. I hope those cookies you ate weren't Danita's special cookies... :)
He is adorable. I love him so much and can't wait to see him in a couple of weeks when we can come for a visit. I would also love to have a few of these pictures for a family baby book. Can't wait to give him some grandma kisses from Tx.
Please don't get discouraged with the slow progress b/c Josiah will be running around before you know it and then you'll all wonder what happened :) Cherish each moment! I'm glad too that you had a 'date' as taking care of each other is very important these days too! God Bless
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