Today Max and Mom tried out what everyone is calling Kangaroo Care. Basically it's skin-to-skin contact held against the mother's chest. Studies show if an infant's temperature is above or below normal, the mother's own temperature will actually raise or lower a few degrees to help regulate the baby's during this contact. Crazy. Max seemed to enjoy this bonding session almost as much as Mom, glancing up at her face and grinning every so often.
Although he hasn't latched on yet, he managed to down two 40 ml bottles of milk today, one in about 10 minutes. They've also added a milk fortifier to his diet, being as young as he is he needs more vitamins and minerals than the breast milk provides.
The fortifier also adds calories to put some meat on his bones. All that being said, Max weighed in at almost 4 lbs 11 oz.
Slowly but surely...
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