What does a bag of sugar and Carter have in common? Besides being very sweet they both weigh 5 pounds. Carter has been doing very well with his feedings. He was increased to 44 mL every three hours. Today Katie got to feed him and Catherine provided us with a lot of great information on how to position him, watch for his cues and tricks of breaking his powerful suck when we have to give him a break to breath. It was amazing to see Carter's focus on feeding today when he realized that he was going to get to have a bottle. He was very alert during the entire process and at times his suck caused him to make a noise with his mouth that was so loud he would startle himself. He is getting one bottle on day shift and one on night shift. The remainder of the time his feeds are on a pump through his NG tube. After his feeding today I got to hold him for awhile until we had to come home. His oxygen saturation has been doing well even off the Lasix and caffeine. Way to go little man!!
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