15 June

Two days ago Max went back into hospital (as planned) to have his next set of immunisations. It all went well, and he was praised by all and sundry! He now weighs 4945g (!) and...has no tubes! We're on a trial run of an even more fortified (calorie-enriched) version of formula. This means he doesn't need to have as much volume as he would if he were on standard formula. Hopefully we can keep him taking a good amount orally so that the tube doesn't need to go back in. We'll give it a few days, and if he doesn't keep up the minimum amount, we'll have to go back and get the tube put back in. (Pic - finally, after 204 days, Max has NO TUBES at all!)

He was extremely lethargic when he came home, and slept all day. He woke occasionally (at which times he was fed), but I was quite concerned and so I went back to the unit at about 9.30 last night to get him checked out. Of course, as soon as we got back, Max woke up beautifully and was all perky! Ah well, I'd rather be safe.

Today he's really back to his old self. I suspect he didn't get much sleep when he was in the unit, so he was simply tired. We went for a walk around the shopping centre, and he was beautifully behaved. We'll go back for another weigh on Tuesday (I hope he hasn't put on too much - I want it to be real weight), then nothing except our outreach nurse's visits each week again.

We have a series of visitors over the next few weeks, so Max will have his social skills tested. He is smiling a bit more, but it isn't all the time, and we can't always provoke him into smiling. It's the same with 'talking' - he will sometimes lie on his mat and babble for ages, and then we won't hear anything for a day or so.