Micro-management

Hi everyone,

It was a tough weekend while we tried to puzzle out Josh's eating habits.  As you may or may not know, he's been struggling with various types of milk fortifications/formulas and one of the main things we need him to do to come home is take all his feedings without the need for a gavage (nose feeding tube).  Sunday we met with the staff (doctor, NNP, nurse and OT/PT) in a "Care Conference" to talk about our options and outline a more consistent feeding plan for the next few days.  We were fortunate also to get more of the NNP's time to watch us feed Josh and witness first hand the issues we (and many of the nurses) have experienced.  This of course led to immediate changes to our "consistent" plan, but changes that Becky and I think will help Josh handle both breast milk and the Alimentum formula.  After setting the new plan in motion yesterday evening, we're pleased to hear this morning that Josh has already taken four full feedings and one partial which is a real step in the right direction.  It may be too soon to celebrate, but we have to take little wins when we can.

Side note: I'm sure parents of newborns go home for the first time and never get this kind of practice with feeding a baby, so while it is frustrating to watch him struggle at the hospital, we have to look at the positive in that we're getting a lot of support and guidance that most parents would not necessarily receive from a trained staff.

On another bright note, Sue Cooch visited this weekend and got to meet Josh in person.  Sue is one of Josh's loyal blog readers and a long time family friend.  We've been friends ever since she fed me individual curds of cottage cheese as a baby.  Thanks for taking us out to dinner on Saturday between feedings!

I also noticed that we have over 10,000 page views, so I will ask that my mom please stop refreshing the page every two seconds :)

Anyways, thanks everyone for sticking with us and thanks for all the love and support.  Here's a recent photo that I like:


-Evan