29 Weeks!

My little guy has reached gestational week 29.  It is amazing how fast he is growing.  He's starting to put on weight so he doesn't look as fragile, and it's getting harder to count his ribs.  His weight last night was a whopping 1 lb 15 oz.  Only one more little ounce and he'll officially be a 2 pound baby!

He tried eating a bit yesterday, but after a few feedings they found that things still didn't want to move through.  They gave him a suppository this morning and a few hours later, he had the nastiest poopy diaper ever!  I had to take pictures to send to daddy since we've been waiting for this for a week.  They've given him another transfusion to help him make up for the blood they've been withdrawing for tests, and are going to give food another shot this evening.  I hope now things will just get moving.

Everything else is looking good, he's doing fabulously on the cannula and no sign of infection.  Hopefully he can stay stable enough for us to start skin-to-skin soon.  I cannot wait until I get to hold his naked little body inside my shirt on my chest, I daydream about it all day long.

Today I got to hang out and watch some procedures.  I got to hold his left hand and soothe him while they put in a new IV in his little right hand and removed another line from his foot.  Little by little he's losing his "accessories" and I couldn't be more proud. He's so tough, he hardly flinches when the nurses have to mess with him.  They had his isolette open so I got several good pics and videos.  It's awesome to compare them to what we took when he was born to see how fast he really does grow.  I'm so proud of him!!!  He is getting more and more alert too.  He spent most of the time during the procedures trying to look at me.  He's also trying to learn how to put his fingers in his mouth.  It's the funniest thing to watch.  He gets his hand up to his mouth, and then starts sucking so it looks like he's kissing his own hand.  He just has to learn to open up! 

As for the rest of the family, I think the kids are tired of hearing about their brother all the time.  They haven't seen him, and don't get to until he comes home, so they're pretty detached.  We are having a family night for them tonight for "Junk Food Friday" where we raid the corner store and rent a movie, so hopefully they feel better when they get some more direct attention. Hopefully John and I can stay awake for the movie, we're both massively exhausted.  I think we may just sleep in until 8:00 am tomorrow morning....wow, that sounds like heaven!

P.S.  I just got a text from John saying he's been moved to room 2 of the NICU, which means he's stable enough to make room for new deliveries in room 1....exciting!!!!