Who knew eating could be so hard?

Well, its Tuesday and he is less than 3 oz away from 5 lbs. At this rate, he will be there by Thursday, so Dave will win the bet. Every day, he looks more filled out and even has cute, chubby cheeks. And with size, it is clearer who he looks like and its definitely Dave, save for the blond hair.

We are now in the home stretch. We've scheduled the "what to know discharge meeting" with the social worker and doctor for Friday. He is no longer receiving caffeine (helps to reduce A's and B's) so all he needs is 7 consecutive days without A's and B's. And then of course, he needs to be able to nipple/breast feed all of his feeds.

And that may be the hold up. Who knew the coordination of eating could be so hard? Miles continues to struggle with sucking, swallowing and breathing. He is improving and now does most of his feeds on the bottle but it takes A LOT of work and coordination. And then still, there are times, he just can't get his act together and struggles to figure it all out and scaring me along the way. So even if Miles manages to grow out of his A's and B's, he's got to figure this out so we can take him home.

We can't wait to get him home but we are realistic. He will still be small and have preemie issues for the first months. We will have to be extra careful of who touches him, where he goes and how he breathes. And remember, we have been able to track him by monitor for nearly 5 weeks....how will we know if he desats without one?

In the meantime, Miles will meet Grandma Blatt tomorrow, the only one of his grandparents he has not met. And later this weekend, Uncle Fred and Aunt Anna will stop by for a visit.