Caleb Update: 12/30/07

You can call Caleb a 5 pounder no more. He has graduated to 6lbs 1oz and isn't looking back. In his graduation speech he mentioned all of the difficult eating and sleeping that it took to get where he is today and all of the "little" people (you know, those less than 6lbs) that helped him along the way. He has also grown a full 2 inches since birth to a skyscraping 18.5 inches.

He is loving life right now because his belly is getting full. He is guzzling every drop he gets. We're now up to 18cc's already. This morning Adrienne fed him at breast and in just 5 minutes he downed 28cc's! The doctor said we probably shouldn't do that on a consistent basis because we don't want to overwhelm his system, but that it is a good indication that he is ready for a bigger increase. Hopefully tomorrow it will be up around 25 or so.

His IV vein closed up again. The nurse lobbied to have it taken out for good, but the doc said that it is just too soon to do that. So they had to restart in another site, but at his rate of feeding it should only be needed for another day or two.

The only thing that Adrienne and I are concerned about is the fact that he hasn't had a poo yet. It's been a day and a half of eating with no poo. He has been working on one all day it seems, but he isn't getting it out. Everyone here said that it will take a bit for his gut to get back up to speed, but we're still a little nervous considering his past infection. The nurse said that if he doesn't have a poo sometime tonight then they will "encourage" his bowel with a suppository. Sorry about the poo talk.

Here's our growing boy (we're awfully proud of his little double chin):
Until next time,
Ryan