Big day for Harris. He got fed from a bottle, dozed right off, and most importantly, remembered to continue to breath.
In order to pace Harris into this whole eating/breathing thing, he'll start off with one bottle a day. The other feedings will still come through the feeding tube, but to make the bottle work better, they moved the tube from going through his mouth to through his nose (Daddy remembers getting in trouble whenever he tried to eat through his nose, how times have changed...)
He's still gaining weight (4lbs 13.5oz) and starting to fill in his cheeks, but continues to be the strong silent type, hardly crying from what we've seen (Mom and Dad hope for more continuence of the silent part).
That's all for now...bed time...even though we're not doing "full time parenting" just yet, the exhaustion is setting in.
In order to pace Harris into this whole eating/breathing thing, he'll start off with one bottle a day. The other feedings will still come through the feeding tube, but to make the bottle work better, they moved the tube from going through his mouth to through his nose (Daddy remembers getting in trouble whenever he tried to eat through his nose, how times have changed...)
He's still gaining weight (4lbs 13.5oz) and starting to fill in his cheeks, but continues to be the strong silent type, hardly crying from what we've seen (Mom and Dad hope for more continuence of the silent part).
That's all for now...bed time...even though we're not doing "full time parenting" just yet, the exhaustion is setting in.
"the exhaustion is setting in"
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Matt (using Julie's account)
4 years later and we're still waiting for the exhaustion to go away.