Getting close to discharge day!

At my lunch break today I went to see Wesley.  Got there just in time for the eye doctor and I wish I wasn't there.  It all looks so barbaric with the nurse holding his arms down and his head still while the dr puts in the metal eyelid retractor that keeps his eyes open. Poor baby was screaming 😢

Then I was the good guy and soothed his tears. 

I signed the forms to get him snipped this week and I took the discharge class.  Dr B wrote orders that they could offer bottle more if ready.

When joe and I came tonight the nurse said she was going to give bottle at 8 and asked if I wanted to.  Of course I did!

So I did and he did pretty good! You could tell he was still not sure about it bc he would breathe heavy after sucking a while but he downed it in 15 min.

Then he was in a milk coma

Still don't know when we are going home but it is definitely close :) maybe next week.

Never ceases to amaze us all!

Wesley is still a bottle champion.  They only give them 20 minutes a feeding to eat and what ever is left they give in the nasal gastric tube.  Well so far he has finished in 15, 18, 13, and 10 minutes!  They can't believe for his size and age how well he is doing.  He is still crying some but not like yesterday.  I forgot he got a vaccine which is probably why he was crying yesterday. He weighs 4# 14.7 oz so close to 5 lb club!

Here he is on a shift change.  Nurse changing his diaper and clothes ☺️

Joe was posing Wesley in positions having a little too much fun 😝

Then baby momma Jean came for a visit and held him for the first time and he was  listening to what she had to say:

Tomorrow is his eye recheck so please say some prayers!

9 weeks!

Wesley is already upgraded to twice a day bottle! 

We had some nice one on one time today while daddy had other things he needed to take care of.  I did have to see Wesley crying for the first time and I wanted to cry with him poor guy. But before he cried I got some happy baby shots

Love this little man!

Bottle sucking champion!

Speech therapist came in this afternoon to train Wesley how to eat from a bottle for the first time. This is normal for preemies for those that didn't know. They don't know how to use their tongue and the speech therapist job is to get them to use it correctly by her motions. Well Wesley was a champ. He took his feeding in 15 min and she said he made her day how well he did.

Full tummy and snuggling with mom 

Proud of my boy!

Wesley was sleepy tonight ;)

Happy 2 months Wesley Andrew!

Wesley is 2mo old now and will be 34 weeks gest. age on Saturday.  Hard to believe he isnt supposed to be there yet. Had some good news at our visit tonight.....he starts the bottle tomorrow!  Have not heard how his recheck echo went.  And he gets his first vaccines tomorrow.

Clean baby

We were here when Wesley got his bath today. I helped and then dressed him. Most of his preemie stuff is getting snug! He weighs 4# 11.2 oz yay!  They plan to start bottle on Saturday when he turns 34 weeks.  He has an ultrasound scheduled tomorrow to check on his murmur.  He has PPS (persistent pulmonic stenosis) which is common in preemies and they grown out of it.  Since he is close to discharge they want to see how it is progressing. 

This is a larger preemie outfit.  Look at those chunky knees!

Snuggling with mom

I ordered this bag and the person sent me a pic after it was complete! Can't wait to see it in person!

Sweet boy

Wesley weighs 4# 9oz today and still happy as can be.  

Look his hands are growing!

Thanks Ginger for the heads up about dollar generals sale on pampers! 

Going to grab a circular and head to Walmart for a price match and stock up!