Today Morten had a visit from his Aunt Andrea. Cooper also came along, but because the Special Care Nursery doesn't allow anyone under 18 to come in, he unfortunately had to stay in the waiting room with Jim. But Andrea did come in and see the little guy. We had a really nice visit. And luckily, he was holding his temperature through the night, so he was back out of the isolette for the visit. But the bummer is that I totally forgot to take a picture of the occasion! (I've been more than a little bit forgetful these days...)
With all his wires, this sleeper ended up being a bit of a pain to get on... I think I disconnected some wires, and made the nurses nervous before they knew what I was doing. We'll probably stick to onesies for now...
Morten's feeding is now up to 49 ml of milk/formula mix. They have been adding a bit of a booster to help him gain weight. He was down to 4 lbs 2.7 oz, and today he weighed in at 4 lbs 3 oz, so hopefully he continues to go up.
One of the nurses was saying that a lot of times the gum smacking and those faces he was making in the video can be a response to reflux - so he might be trying to hold his food down. We've been trying to keep him more in an upright position when he eats to help him digest things better.
We're also working on nursing. He doesn't really understand what's going on yet, but we'll keep trying it once a day and see how he does. I guess they don't usually really figure it out until 34 or 35 weeks, and Morten is just 33 weeks now.
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