Well, we got a little disappointing news this morning.  They had to put Campbell’s feeding tube back in because he only took half of his 8am feeding.  The main thing is for him to get the nutrition, so while we’re not excited, it’s not unusual for babies his size to wear out before finishing a whole bottle.  He took the whole thing enthusiastically at noon, so we’re optimistic that he’s just getting used to the new and bigger volume.  He’s up to 55 ccs now, which is almost 2 ounces, so it’s a good sized volume for him.  He seems to enjoy it when mom feeds him. 🙂

He’s actually lost a little weight, and is 4 pounds and 15 ounces now.  That’s probably the extra exertion to eat, the loss of the picc line (yay!), and the fact that he isn’t quite up to full volume on his feedings.

He also had a few heart rate drops while dad was kangarooing with him today, so they decided to change his monitor. They’ve removed his oxygen saturation monitor (he doesn’t need it anymore), and put him on the kind of heart rate and breathing monitor that they send home with people (when necessary).  The good thing about this monitor is that they can download the data and evaluate him to see whether his drops are real or just the sensors moving around, etc.  This will help us know whether we might need to go home on a monitor.

This is a picture of mom’s first attempt at swaddling!  🙂