Yesterday was a big day for Jackson. He got his first opportunity to try breastfeeding. He did a great job latching but it was a lot of work for him to get milk. He does not have to be able to breastfeed to leave the hospital. He just has to take all his feedings from a bottle. We are up to 32 mL every 3 hours. He has to take 38 - 40 mL every 3 hours to go home. They still have to feed him sometimes through the tube in his nose that goes to his stomach. It is a lot of work for him to breathe and drink from a bottle.
We also got to do kangaroo care with him yesterday. The medical world is highly promoting holding babies skin to skin with their parents. They say it calms them down and in this case will help him heal faster. It is so cute to see Jackson poking his head through the neck of our shirts. He loves it! He screams when we put him down. Probably not a good thing since I have no idea how we will carry him around in our shirts all the time.
Today, they weened him down to 1L of flow on his oxygen. That is the end of the line so we might be pulling that tube on Sunday or Monday.
He also gets to be off his IV today since his feedings are almost full feedings.
We should be moving to the Progressive Nursery at the beginning of the week if all goes well. That nursery will be our last stop before his nursery at home. The resident says that if all goes well we should have him home on Friday.
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