Wow - Miles is now 4 pounds, 10 ounces! Dave and I have a bet when he will reach 5 pounds, just 150 grams (6 oz) away. Last night, I said Friday, Dave took Thursday but after his gain of 50 grams last night, I think Tuesday might be a better bet. Remember Miles was born at 3 lbs, 5 ozs and quickly fell to under 3 lbs so for us, he is looking quite big! Just check out his fat cheeks in the photo of him yawning, even fatter than the previous photo from just 2 days ago and a giant compared to the other photo from 18 days ago!
To my rejoice, Miles is doing much better with his bottle feeding. Thanks to an incredible and patient nurse, Hannah, he was able to finish an entire bottle for me last night. However today, we had an unexceptional nurse, who preferred chatting to taking care of Miles and he did not do so well. Yes, I know its not fair to blame it on the nurse but there is a correlation when someone is working with you to how well Miles does. Regardless, he will not come home with a nurse (though Dave and I would like to hire Hannah) so we need to be able to figure it all out.
On another positive note, Miles had another head ultrasound yesterday and thankfully, the blood from his IVH is resolving as it should. We both breathed a sigh of relief as this was the one big issue hanging over us.
Now, lets just get him to suck, breathe and swallow all at the same time! And grow past his A's and B's so we can bring him home.
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