Our little man seems to be tolerating his feeds well, and tonight the gastro surgeon said they will probably increase them to 33ml every 3 hours. Before today, they used to measure the contents of his stomach by sucking it out through the NG tube (the one in his nose) into a syringe, then after measuring it in the syringe, putting it back (kinda gross!). If he had too much in his stomach, they'd skip a feed. But now, they've actually said they're going to stop doing those measurements and just keep on feeding him his 33ml every 3 hrs, and only skip a feed if he vomits. Sounds like he'll be having a full stomach!
He's been quite awake today - looking curiously at whoever's holding him. He seems to enjoy blowing bubbles with his mouth - the nurses find it annoying because they keep on having to clean him up afterwards. He also had a fit of hiccups tonight, and because he's so small, they end up being whole body hiccups which are quite funny.
He's been quite awake today - looking curiously at whoever's holding him. He seems to enjoy blowing bubbles with his mouth - the nurses find it annoying because they keep on having to clean him up afterwards. He also had a fit of hiccups tonight, and because he's so small, they end up being whole body hiccups which are quite funny.
3 comments:
He's still beautiful
Great to hear that he's finally full :) we've been following his adventures each morning. He looks very cute in all the pictures.
Great improvement!
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