Jackson has been doing a great the last few days. Our little champ has been eating up a storm ad doing much better with breathing. Yesterday (day 6 in the NICU) we were given the thumbs up to try bottle feeds at least 2 times a day. The nurse gave him his first bottle and he finished it like a pro! Mommy gave him his 2nd bottle and although he finished it, we were struggling to get a burp.
Feeding have been done while he’s still in the isolette which is a bit awkward and this Mama just couldn’t get a good angle for burping. Our nurse saved the day and got a good one out of him. He’s still having a hard time maintaining his temperature but we’ve seen some progress here too. He’s just on the line when it comes to an “acceptably” low temperature.
We did have the IV that was in his scalped removed which I’m thrilled about. One less wire!
Today our goal is to get one breast feeding session in and hopefully move to an open air crib. The only other thing besides temps standing in our way of the open air crib, bilirubin levels! His coloring was a bit orange yesterday and we arewaiting for the results this morning on whether he’ll need light treatment or not. Fingers crossed we are in the clear!!!