3 weeks old!!!

Noah is 3 weeks old today!!!! He is doing great!!! He is up to 1lb 11oz, so he has gained 9 ounces so far.  Today they took out his IV line.  They were giving him nutrition through IV but as he has been getting more milk at his feedings they have been weaning him off the IV nutrition. He is almost to his "max feed" and is getting 13ml right now and it goes up by .5ml every nine hours.  They are also fortifying his milk, they add a powder to add calories and calcium to the milk to make it have 24 calories an ounce (normal breastmilk and formula generally have 20 calories and ounce)  He seems so happy to be having his arm free of that IV and the protective cuff that covered it.  We are very grateful to the Grandparents for keeping Wyatt entertained so that Mommy is able to go visit Noah and do our "kangaroo time" where we can hold him, and he benefits from the skin-to-skin contact. We don't know how we would juggle this without their help!!

Thanks again to everyone for all the love and support!!

BIG yawn, and his arms free from the IV!!