Growing, Growing, Growing!

Things are looking good! Reid is now getting 18cc's of milk every 3 hours (he goes up 1 additional cc every 12 hours). So, he is eating just over 1/2 of 1 ounce at each feeding. What a good little eater! Even Dr. Ahmed said that he is quite impressed with our little man's appetite. His weight is up to 2 pounds, 10 oz (as of last evening) - only 6 more ounces before he hits 3 pounds! We bought some adorable little preemie sized footed pajamas that we took up to the NICU for the nurses to dress him in. The pajamas look so small when they are on the hanger, but Reid just gets lost in them! His little feet are literally about half way down the pant legs. He'll grow into them in no time at all though! The best new news is that he had his IV removed today! All of the doctors and nurses I've talked to have said that this is one of the first major steps for a baby in the NICU to accomplish. It cuts down dramatically on the chance of infection. Looks like Dr. Ahmed might try to switch him off CPAP and back onto the nasal cannulas again in another week or so. We'll see how it goes. I held Reid for about 20 minutes tonight while he ate. He had his eyes open and looked right at me almost the whole time. He seemed very content. Jimmy and I are so in love.... :-) We figure once Reid is off CPAP again, we might try to take Cameryn up to visit her new baby brother. It will of course be a VERY quick visit, but I think she will just love it! That visit should make for some adorable pictures! till next time...