The boy likes to eat.. and cry!!

Well, I guess Little E is turning into a real baby! Today all he wanted to do was eat, so I am glad his doctors gave him free range to eat as much as he wanted too. Because if he wasn't eating he was crying and violently jamming his fist or binky in his mouth like he might starve right then and there if he didn't get food immediately. What a funny kid!

When I got there today we decided to try breast feeding again, and according to the scale he took like 40 or 50cc!!!! I am not sure how accurate it is though and that is a ton, since he has only been eating about 20-30 at any given time. But then like a half an hour later he was acting like he was starving again, so I gave him a bottle and he ate another 20cc! Then finally he fell asleep and let me go have lunch and take a nap, and his nurse was able to get other things done (she had been holding a lot when I wasn't able to be in the room). Then he woke up starving again and downed 30cc and started screaming for more, so a nurse brought 30 more, which he ate 15cc of. Then he did spit up some of it, but then went back to sleep for about 30 minutes woke up and ate another 25 cc!! So all in all, I think the boy has gotten this feeding thing down, and really likes to eat! His doctors were so impressed with him! Whenever they stopped by they were shocked with how much he was eating (and he was usually eating when they came by too)

The other good step we made today was getting rid of his isolette (incubator) this evening and putting him in a regular crib. So he needs to maintain his temperature while gaining weight over the next 3 days before they would consider letting him go home. But hopefully with the amount of food the tiny man wants to eat, that won't be a problem for him!

So I felt we had another great progress day today. Especially in the world of eating. We have also decided that a moby wrap (thank you Dana!!) is going to be a necessity for him since he likes to be held constantly! His nurses were even joking that they needed one today so they could hold him and still be getting their work done (but don't worry they are not allowed in the hospital so we will continue to hold him the old fashioned way).

Again, continued prayer that he keeps eating lots and lots. And gains weight (I need him to be over 5 lbs before we take him home so I won't have to buy another car seat for like half a pound!). Also that the medicine keeps working on his blood clot. I think they have it under control at this point and the shots don't seem to bother him, but it still freaks me out a bit knowing that it's in there and that he is on blood thinners.

Sorry that this post is so late today. I didn't even get my computer out today until now!