Nate update, Feb 11

Nate has been home a week tomorrow!

Now at 2 1/2 weeks old, Nate has got his weight up to 5lbs, 12oz! He's starting to fill out a bit, but is still in preemie clothes. I think he will be for a while, newborn still looks WAY too big for him to wear!

As for feedings, Nate is still going back and forth between nursing and bottle feeds. He has really got an appetite though, and is sometimes wanting more food after just an hour and a half. He's taking between 2 and 3 oz of bottle, so I'm assuming he's also getting that amount from nursing. So we are gradually replacing bottle feeds with nursing, and am hoping sometime next week he will be nursing all feeds.

The only thing that we really need to work on is getting his days and nights right. Now he is up about 2 hours during the night. Some of this time he will just lay in his bassinet and happily look around, but that gets old fast and he starts to protest a bit. I guess the NICU and all the action 24 hours a day did not help all that much. He has had one night where he just woke up to eat and was right back to sleep, so we are working on him staying awake more during the day.....it's making me pretty tired, so I'm hopeful this will get fixed soon. Any advice would be appreciated. I did not encounter this with the other kids. I always wondered what people were talking about being up half the night with their newborns...now I know!!

Well, that's the update for now. I hear Sam crying for Mom, so I must run!

xoxo