Thursday, April 26, 2007

NICU Babies Break All the Rules

One of our favorite things about the baby care class we took was how backwards everything was from the experience of having a preemie. "Don't give your baby a pacifier until they are good at the bottle." OK, but we started with the pacifier to teach him how to suck. So here's a picture of us breaking all the rules. Tristan had a good day and seems to be pretty much recovered in the breathing department. They've started feeding him a little, but he has not been digesting everything so they're not increasing the amount yet. The other bit of bad news is that his latest head ultrasound shows a small bleed on the right side of his brain. This is only a 1, the lowest level, but of course it still worries us. We held him twice today, though, because I gave blood this morning for him, so overall it was a good day.

Weight update: 6 pounds, 3 ounces
Height update: 18 inches (46cm)

3 comments:

Mom said...

What a beautiful baby boy you have!

Love, Mom and the Dad

GFA said...

He's just so darned cute! I'll bet some rules were broken a time or two when you two were little also!
FA

Anonymous said...

Tristan is looking great, we will all continue to pray for him and the family. I can't wait until he starts wearing his SC gear... LOL