That little switch in Max's brain to suck-swallow has been tripped. Now it's his stamina we're working on. The falling asleep during meal-time is all that's left to get over (besides the "circ" as the nurses call it) before the little guy can come home. He's getting better and better at the breast feeding thing, taking between 25 and 30 ml yesterday, and up to 38 ml before we came home tonight. His diet is calling for 45 ml, so he's finishing up with a bottle each time. I gotta say the boy can chug too. We had to stop him at 53 ml total tonight so he'd again be hungry in 3 hours. He's become so good at the nipple thing, the nurse decided to take the feeding tube right out. It probably doesn't have to be said the yanking of the tube was immediately followed by a round of sneezes.
As far as "little guy" is concerned, today Max hit 5 lbs. 11 oz., a full pound up from his birth weight. You can see it in his face, fingers and toes.
So close now...
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