Another Video

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello sweet boy! How's my little angel? :-) Today was a good day for feedings. Overall, you took 4 ml more milk than your total yesterday. Good improvement!

At 9am, your gigi (mommy's mom) came with me. We took your temperature and changed you. Then, we tried to get you to feed. You took 8ml of milk before falling asleep on us! Gigi held you for a while and you slept most of the time. It's almost December, so to get in the holiday spirit, gigi brought a stocking to decorate your bed! :-)


At 3pm, mimi (daddy's mom) came with me. We took your temperature and changed you again. You were a stinky little boy! :-P Then, we did another feeding. This time you showed off and took 18 ml of milk! Woo hoo! If you keep that up we'll be taking you home real soon! Then, mimi got to hold you.

Daddy came with me to the 9pm feeding. You were fussy for us and didn't want to feed right away. But, you eventually calmed down and took 8 ml of milk. So, you took 34 ml total over the day, and yesterday it was only 30 ml. You're showing improvement so lets keep it up!

Afterwards, the nurse had us watch the third video in the preemie series about "taking you home." That's a good sign that they had us go ahead and watch that video. It means you're definitely in the last stages.

The nurse last night weighed you and you're now 4 lbs 2.7 oz! A few more ounces and you'll be double your birth weight! :-) Daddy washed all the preemie size clothes that people have given you and we brought them to the hospital tonight. We labeled them all and put them near your bed. Now, you'll be able to wear your own clothes! A few outfits looked too small, so we donated them to the hospital for smaller babies to use. :-)

You continue to do well.

I love you will all my heart! :-)

~Mommy