Bottles, Big Boy Clothes and 5lbs!

Lots of news! First, Nick reached 5lbs yesterday. 5lbs, 0.8 oz to be exact. Such a big boy. I started bringing him a few onesies to wear as well. He looks so cute in his "big boy" clothes. I posted a photo below of him in his outfit.

Bigger news, Nick tried a bottle for the first time today. He did REALLY well. He actually did better than the nurse and occupational therapist thought he would do. They were worried about how coordinated he would be with the suck, swallow breathe, thing. He took his bottle like a champ. He took 21 cc's from the bottle. He got really tired after about 15 minutes. His stamina isn't all that great, which is to be expected. He finally just sacked out. They gave them the rest of his milk by his tube. We will try a bottle once a day until he builds his stamina, then add more bottles. Once he can take all of his feeds by bottle, and drink the whole bottle, he will be ready to go home. This is sort of the last step to getting to go home!

Nick is also down to 1.5 liters of flow on his nasal cannula. If he continues to do well, they will turn him down. I am hoping that by next weekend he has no oxygen support at all.

So, it was a big weekend Nick. Big and great! You know I have tons of photos...

one of my favorite photos of Nick...

His big boy clothes...

Nick's first bottle