It's Been 8 Weeks

That's right everyone, Jack is 8 weeks old today. He is still doing very good. He got his second full bath today, which he really seems to enjoy. No crying or fussing, he sits in the tub and relaxes while he gets clean. He did about one and a half feedings through his bottle today. He is doing a very good job with his eating & hopefully they will let him have more and more of his feedings through the bottle. Jack did lose about half on ounce yesterday, now at 5 lbs 9 oz. Also good news on the bradycardia & apnea episodes. He hasn't had a documented episode for 1 week. We are happy to hear that new and hope he keeps it up until come home time.

Yesterday, while at home, Mary and I practiced putting the car seat in. It was fairly painless and we're just going to leave it in. Sometime next week I'm going to go to AAA, they will check to see if I have it properly installed.

Whale of a Time

Jack is still doing well. He had a small episode early this morning around 6:30am. I guess he was trying to poo and held his breath until his heart rate dropped. It wasn't nearly in the same ball park as the one he had 2 weeks ago. So we had a talk with him and told him not to hold his breath whilst pooing. He did gain a little weight yesterday, he's now up to 4 lbs 14 oz (2220 grams).

Today's big activity was our first time giving him a bath. We went and got him a nice whale bath tub yesterday in preparation. t was a very quick bath, he seemed to tolerate it well and he got nice and clean. That is all to report, the post is early today because I have training tonight and won't be able to get it done later.

33 Weeks Old

Jack has reached the 33 week mark. He is still doing well, seems to have less and less times when his heart rate dips. He weighed in today at 4 lbs 12 oz, up slightly after his loss yesterday. It's very nice to seem him getting better and better each day. Mary started doing some recreational breast feeding. She holds Jack after she pumps and he tries to suck away. He still isn't certain about all this stuff. Per the nurse he still hasn't mastered the suck/swallow/breath reflex, so they won't actually have him on a bottle or breast until about 34 weeks.

We are going to go to get him a baby bath tub. We are going learn all the bathing basics. Not much else new, just resting and getting things closer to being ready for Jack to come home.