More Milk

Brian called the nurse early this morning on his way to work, to ask the nurse from last night how Andrew was doing and they said that he was fine. He is taking the milk and not having any problems, so they upped his feedings to 19 cc. We called during the afternoon and he things were the same…he is taking the 19 cc. of milk. They checked his bilie level and it went up another point. If it reaches 13, he will get to sunbathe. That number goes up to 15 on Friday when he will be one week old. We made it to the hospital a little earlier today; I’m moving a little faster. So we were able to be there for both of his evening feedings. I held him skin to skin while he ate and then he immediately fell asleep. Of course I can’t forget that when we got there, we took his temperature (which he is adjusting better) and changed his diaper…another poop. He must know when we are coming. He was wide awake and he didn’t seem to mind ALL of the cotton pads we needed to clean him up! It’s still a two person job. The nurse had him stripped down when we got back from dinner, because she needed to weigh him. He did lose about a ½ of a pound since he was born (they weighed him this morning), but all babies tend to drop in weight. They added a little “fat” to his IV and hopefully with the increase in feedings, he will plump up soon! They did have to move the IV to another spot in his head. Everyone just worries that he will pull it out because he loves to have his hands so close to his head and he holds on to the tube sometimes. It was so hard to leave, but once he was swaddled in, we left for the evening. We are very fortunate that he is in a pod with only one other baby and they each have their own nurse to care for them. There aren’t a lot of babies in the NICU right now and right now he has a private room, which works for us!