Carter now weighs over four pounds. He's gained over a pound and a half in a month. He's got enough fat on him now to maintain his own temperature so they dressed him and put him in a crib. He's on a fourth a liter flow of about 22% oxygen content and has to work for half of his feedings. The other half go through a tube straight to his stomach. There are a few things that determine when he can come home. He has to be up to full oral feedings, he has to have no apnea for a full week and either has to be off oxygen or his eyes have to be fully developed. If he were to come home on oxygen, it would be 100% oxygen which can damage eyes that are not developed all the way. So because of that, they won't send him home on oxygen at least until next Wednesday when they check his eyes again. If he is off oxygen, he could come home before then.
Today after I was done breastfeeding him, he turned red and let out two huge farts...stinky ones! I asked him if he was a stinky boy. He looked up at me, smiled, and stuck his tongue out. It was just too perfect. I proceeded to change him and holy moley, I don't think a diaper could get any worse. Liquid green vitamin poo...all the way up past his belly button. Yummy.
And below...the many faces of Carter Ryan:
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| Big Boy Crib! |
5 comments:
yay! so glad that he is gaining weight. what a cutie!
He looks like hes doing so well! and so so cute!
oh, so sweet! He looks great!!!
Holy Moley they are both so stinkin cute!!
What a good boy Carter is for graduating to a big boy crib! :D
From the "Fan Club" Vice President...looks like things are going well!
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