Max’s Due Date! Yes, today’s the day Max was supposed to make his first appearance. Instead (as someone said today), we’ve got to know him for an extra 16 weeks!
Today was actually quite fun – Max had a weigh (2875g) and a bath (which he hated and screamed throughout), then all clean, new clothes. He had a big 10ml feed (and he really was hungry), then a bit of a try at the breast. He didn’t really do much, just vaguely hung around. Neither of us really knew what to do! But, it was a good start. He had a couple of ml of his feed through a teat, just to practice ‘suck feeds’, which he took beautifully. Unfortunately he then got a huge snort of water up through his oxygen tube, so he spluttered a bit of milky water back up. So, yet another clothes change – lovely new clothes lasted about 15 minutes.
He then had a very nice cuddle with me actually standing up, and he went to sleep in my arms.
We visited again in the afternoon, and he was still being very good, although still looking hungry. His feeds have been accelerated, so hopefully no PN at all by tomorrow morning!
Today was actually quite fun – Max had a weigh (2875g) and a bath (which he hated and screamed throughout), then all clean, new clothes. He had a big 10ml feed (and he really was hungry), then a bit of a try at the breast. He didn’t really do much, just vaguely hung around. Neither of us really knew what to do! But, it was a good start. He had a couple of ml of his feed through a teat, just to practice ‘suck feeds’, which he took beautifully. Unfortunately he then got a huge snort of water up through his oxygen tube, so he spluttered a bit of milky water back up. So, yet another clothes change – lovely new clothes lasted about 15 minutes.
He then had a very nice cuddle with me actually standing up, and he went to sleep in my arms.
We visited again in the afternoon, and he was still being very good, although still looking hungry. His feeds have been accelerated, so hopefully no PN at all by tomorrow morning!
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