Sunday, March 8, 2009

4 Months Old Today




Nicholas discovered his St. Patrick's Day bear today and stared at it all morning and early afternoon. He liked it so much he wouldn't take a nap so his nurse had to move it. He also enjoyed looking at his hand for a while too. It is so nice to see him doing normal baby things and he is starting to show his personality. We aren't just looking at a sick micro preemie anymore.

The only change for him is they increased his feeds by 1 ml so he is up to 66 ml every 3 hours. He took all of 2 out of 3 bottles yesterday and all of his first one today. Hopefully he will keep moving in the right direction and be able to increase to 4 in a few days.

He didn't pee off any weight after getting his first dose of Lasix but he only gained 6 grams so that is good. Preemies have a hard time digesting protein and it is very common for them to retain fluids. Some need a diuretic every day so he has actually been good with this and needs some help every once in a while.

We finished the walls in his room this weekend. We have to put the crib together and arrange the furniture and we are done!

2 comments:

  1. It's great to hear Nick is finally getting more curious...I've seeing him once week now and yep, I confirm, he knows how to sleep eat and poop, but seeing how has recoverd from so much, so well, I'm going to bet he's going to be a real handful once he starts getting more curious...

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  2. Thanks so much for sharing with me, Corrine. It is so great to see how well he is doing. He is so adorable! Now that I have the link I can keep up on a daily basis.
    Britni

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