Gabe has been on room air for a day and is doing great. No nasal cannula! It is great to see him free of any oxygen support.
Gabe's fontanelle has become rather full and hard this week and his OFC has jumped about 2cm in 10 days. He is going to get a head ultrasound today to see what is going on.
I (dad) got to feed both boys last night with a bottle. Zeke took 24mL and Gabe took 45mL. Feeding them through a bottle is rather interesting. First off, the bottle is not in the normal 30-45 degree position with the baby facing up. To slow down the process and not "drown" the babies in milk, they are placed on their left side and the bottle is at 0 degrees---parallel to the ground. The drinking process consists of bringing the bottle up (to 0 degrees) until they get 3 swallows and then dropping the bottle while leaving it in their mouths so they can breath a few breaths. This process helps them remember to breath and keeps their blood oxygen saturations up. The biggest obstacle to them getting a full feeding by mouth is that they fall asleep in the middle of eating. But whatever milk they have left in the bottle then gets pumped into the stomach through the nose tube.
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