Once Jamie got home from work I headed up to the hospital. I got to hold Tate after his 3 pm assessment and was able to hold him for a full hour! It’s been a few days since his sats have stayed up enough to hold him that long. There was a new nurse on today and when he started d sating she came in and had me reposition him and that worked to bring his pulse ox back up. So now I know to try that and maybe I’ll get to hold him longer. When she put him back in the isolette she put him on his back and he never really went back to sleep. He kept kicking his legs and waking himself up. He definitely doesn’t sleep well on his back, yet.
They started giving him 2 doses of poly-vi-sol today. It’s a liquid multi-vitamin. He is now eating 29 ml at every feeding, almost a full ounce! Hard to believe he went from 3 ml all the way up to 29 so quickly! They are now increasing the amount he eats based on how much he weighs (instead of every 9-12 hours as before) so it isn’t going up as quickly anymore. He is still getting the extra 5 calories in each feed. Although he isn’t gaining more weight now with the extra calories than he was before, so that’s been disappointing. I haven’t asked the doctor but I know they said an average of 1 oz a day is what they want to see. But he was doing that before they put him on the calories so I expected it to be more. But at least he’s gaining. Today he gained 36 grams and weighs 3 lbs, 7.2 oz. I also found out they measure his length and head circumference once a week and last Sunday he had grown a full inch from birth!
Jamie was up at 9 pm for the night shift and got to hold him for a full hour too. Then at midnight she let him give him a bath and hold him again for another hour! I think I might have to start going up for the night shift!
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| I always try to have the flash turned off but I didn't this time. He didn't like the bright light! |
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