The other exciting news from today was that he took his first (tiny bit of a) bottle last night in the middle of the night. The doctors and nurses had told us that babies usually begin showing cues to eat around 33-34 weeks. The doctor wrote in his orders Monday morning that we could begin feeding whenever we saw cues from Gage that he was ready. Last night while Chris and I were at the hospital, he was turning his head like he was rooting around, and he sucked on the pacifier for awhile. So the night nurse tried a bottle at his 11:00 PM feeding and he did pretty well! He took 25 ml. Have I mentioned night time is his wide awake time? Just like when he was in my tummy. :) This morning he was just too sleepy to try again, but this afternoon we gave him a bath and he was wide awake. His nurse Tara started his feeding and showed me how to give him a bottle the easiest way for him (lying on his side, slightly elevated) and then let me try. That time he took 10 ml. Tara and I were both so excited though because this was such a huge change from yesterday him not being interested at all or showing any cues to today actually trying to figure out how to suck, swallow and still breath. He is really changing every day and getting this feeding thing down pat is our last step to coming home!
The board in his room where his night nurse wrote that he had his first bottle.
Fresh and clean after his bath!
His nurse Tara showing me the best way to give him a bottle.
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