21 June

Another week of Max - and yet another where he cannot be predictable!

We have been given an 'even more fortified' recipe for his formula to use since they took his tube out. The aim is to get a certain minimum of this mix into him each day in order to get the appropriate amounts of liquid (to keep him hydrayted) and of calories to get him growing. It's all a bit strange right now, as he is suddenly not demanding food as he was a week or so ago (when the amounts he was being given were larger!).

I don't want to be a parent who complains about their baby sleeping through the night, but he simply hasn't been waking for food during the night - which wouldn't be a worry IF he took regular and larger bottles during the day. However, he struggles to take 100ml at a time, and even that is a cause for celebration. So, we're a bit worried that he isn't taking enough. However, he's still perky and talkative, (a bit grizzly at times), no temperature, breathing well, and nappies are appropriate(!). We just have to work on weight gain.

Speaking of which, his last weight was exactly 5kg!! His head circumference is also progressing well, and though his length isn't very long (he's a shortie), it's progressing as well. We'll have to see how his weight goes this week - his second without the tube - and hope he's put on 150g or thereabouts.