Midnight update

Mr man took a full feed breast feeding and then 26 mls at the 11:30 pm feed. We are happy! Plus he gained 115 grams! He is above birth weight!!!! Praise God!!

NICU day 12

As if last week we had 3 issues to resolve... Here's an update:

1) apneas and bradys of prematurity... No longer an issue, in fact he never had them, and successfully off caffeine. Yahoo!

2) temperature regulation... Done... Praying the night is good and then tomorrow he should move to a bassinet like a big boy:)

3) feeds... Today has been another awesome breastfeeding day. At night he doesn't bottle well at all so the speech pathologist came by today to watch him bottle a feed and she had a lot of suggestions. First a slower flow nipple, second a tongue tie release and third me breast feeding as much as possible as it is way less work for him. After discussing with the NP taking care of him, they suggested that I stay as much as possible for breastfeeding and if he does well with that tomorrow they want me to stay overnight and are discussing moving him to demand feeds and possibly taking out his ng tube! So the next few days will be challenging for our family, but the more he can take from the breast the sooner we will come home! We want to be together as a family and want Mattias to continue to grow and develop and the team feels this is what is best for him. Please pray he doesn't tire and continues to nurse well at night!

Pictures are on Jason's phone from today so I will have to update them later :)

Look who's in an open isolette!!!!

It's true! Mattias is now regulating his own temp!!!! Another hurdle down! Praise God!

NICU day 11

Today was another awesome day!!! Overnight Mattias bottled for the nurses and maintained his temp in a cooler isolette. He qualified for an open lid isolette today, but our nurse said that when the babies are working on feeding sometimes it too hard to push them on two fronts, so we opted to keep his lid on today. Also, he spends most of his time during the day out of the isolette being held by us. Over night they may take off his lid.

Today the big news is that he fed an entire feed plus more on the breast!!!! Huge huge news in our world!!!! He took 44 mls in one feed and he was actually letting us know before the feed that he was ready for a feed! Praise God!!!! Answered prayer!!!

We enjoyed so many cuddles and sleepy smiles from our boy today!

NICU day 10

Today was an amazing day!!! So crazy how things can change in a day! Mattias is 34 weeks old today. He gained 89 grams so I know what all that sleeping was about yesterday! The other amazing thing was his breast feeding. We started off with his first feed... 32 mls from the breast and 8 ng. The second feed he took 14 mls from the breast and 26 ng. The last feed was amazing... 36 mls from the breast and after warming his 4 mls that I thought would go in his ng he decided to wake up and take it from the bottle!!!! So none of his feed was done by ng tube!!! Praise God what a huge day!!! I pray we have turned a corner and will only improve from here. I'm pretty impressed with my little man!!! He is such a blessing!

NICU day 9

Was a bit of a discouraging day. Weight down 29 grams. Human milk fortifier was increased to add more calories to my breast milk and there was talk of adding formula if he doesn't gain. Also Mattias was super sleepy and only nursed 4 mls twice in the whole day. I did enjoy a lot of cuddles and sleepy smiles though! Who doesn't love that? As I sit in the nicu I realize how blessed we are. Our son isn't sick... He's just early and needs to grow. Praise God for that!

NICU day 8

Today was an awesome day!!! Today when I arrived Mattias was alert and ready for a feed so we tried breast feeding and he latched and sucked the whole feed. For his afternoon feed I didn't get a chance to pump before hand and he was rooting so the nurse decided to do a pre and post weight. He latched and nursed and ended up getting 20 mls from breast feeding which is half of his feed!!! So exciting and such a huge step forward! He was totally tired out for the next feed so he got that one all through the ng tube but I'm so thankful for steps forward.


Yesterday he lost 10 grams so he weighs 2181 grams ( 4 pounds 4 oz). Hopefully today he gained. Praise God for no apneas and being off caffeine. Jason and I did kangaroo care for the whole day. It was a good day in the nicu! Thank you for your prayers!

When the doctors were handing over tonight and got to Mattias they said "this is Mattias. He was born at 32 weeks. Intubated for a day and now he's growing". Then they walked away. I love that!!!!