Peaceful

We learned that Kelson had had a pretty restful night, so we decided to take some time this morning to hit some LeRoy area garage sales. We are happy to say Kelson has some more clothes now. Since he made his arrival over two months early, we weren't exactly prepared.

Kelson continued to stay fairly calm all day. He still requires suction about every 1-2 hours, which is normal for anyone who is intibated. We had a visit from Dee and Marshall Hurt. It is always nice for others to see the progress Kelson is making.

At about 3 PM, it was holding time. Krista allowed me to hold today, since she held him the majority if the time yesterday. I was only supposed to hold for an hour, but he was doing so well, I got to do it for almost 2! I was a lot more comfortable holding him today, and almost fell asleep. I had forgotten how peaceful it is holding a sleeping newborn.

Yesterday they had increased the feedings to 14 mL per hour, continuously. Today, they turned off his feeding for 3 hours, and he is now getting 40 mL over a two hour period, and will have another break from eating. They will continue to shorten the length of his feedings, and lengthening the time between feedings, so that eventually he will eat for about 30 min, every 3 hours. This will stretch his stomach, and get him ready for bottle feeding in the future.

Before we left tonight, Kelson had a few minor episodes. Luckily, they were kept under control with suction, and adjusting the vent settings.

In my mind, today was one of the best days we have had. Hopefully we have many more days like this to come.