Day 54, 3-29-17; Pooped a Biggin’

Hello Baby, you had another great day today. You were weaned down to room air on your vent for like 2 hours and handled it well. The nurses just saw you becoming very worn out from the extra workload. So they bumped you back up just a bit. The doctors stated your lungs were progressing very well. They also said that your weight gaining was sub-par. This was not a shock to me as that’s been their focus all week and you lost 10 g today. They increased your feeds to 25 ml. This should help but is also just a minor change. It seems as though this is just something that is going to have to come naturally. So this one is on you babe, fatten up. Mommy held you yesterday and you loved it as usual. I believe you did throw up on mom and pull out your feeding tube, but that is nothing new.  I got to give you a bath. In the past, you haven’t exactly enjoyed bath time, but you really seemed to enjoy this. There was no crying or freaking out. You seemed to relax and just wonder what we were doing. I enjoyed it more too. It seemed like a little bonding moment for us. I changed your diaper right before we started and I think as soon as the water touched you pooped a biggin’. It made me laugh just a little. We are all enjoying time with you more and more lately. We interact at a higher level and just get to bond more. We love it. We also love you.  You are always the highlight of my day.