Adam's over his vaccine side effects, so it was his turn to snuggle today. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that I got to snuggle for a solid three hours yesterday? At first, Owen was a little pissy about being handled but then you could see him processing - "wait...I know these people...I'm pretty comfortable...zzzzzzzzz". Owen did go a little easier on Adam than on me - snoozed peacefully the whole time, as opposed to with me where he buried his face in my chest almost to the point of smothering himself and dug in when the nurse tried to reposition him. Then, he was all "whip my hair back and forth" to make it look like I wasn't trying as hard as possible to support his head.
Exciting stuff today. They removed the nasal cannula right before we left this afternoon and he's breathing entirely on his own, and he's up to 5 cc's of breastmilk every 3 hours. They'll just keep upping the amount as long as he continues to tolerate it well. He is back under the bili lights for a bit, but the doc explained that it's far more effective once you're actually eating so that you can pass the extra bilirubin in your stool (it wouldn't be a baby blog if there wasn't poop or pee mentioned).
Now for your viewing pleasure, an extremely proud dad and one content baby.
He is looking very healthy, and sounds like he's progressing very well. That sure is one proud daddy! Yay for baby snuggles! :)
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