Yesterday Nate was taken out of the incubartor and is now in a cute little hospital crib! It was fun to put him a cute little (and I mean little) sleeper last night.
We went in this morning and he held his body temperature well overnight and gained a little weight. It is common for preemies to lose a bit of weight once out of the incubator since their bodies have to work harder to keep warm.
Yesterday I got to nurse him twice, and he did very well and only needed a little bit of bottle to top him up at the end. This morning he had a full feed from nursing, no bottle needed! He surprised all of us with how much he took in a short amount of time. He does a bottle feed in 30 - 40 minutes, and did a breastfeed of the same amount in 15 minutes. I think he prefers the momma feeds to the bottle feeds! :)
He is still a little on the lazy end with getting all of his daily bottles down, and is still using help from the tube. Although he is not as dependant on it as he was just a few days ago. We are really believing that he can start finishing all bottle feeds so we can get that tube out!! It sounds like once he is able to take in all feedings on his own, he will be able to come home. And we are really really looking forward to that day!!
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praise the Lord!!! that's great and good for you for still making the effort to nurse him....i'm so excited for the day you get to take him home. praying for you guys and glad things are going so well!
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