Getting Ready to Fly

Nicholas had a good day today. It really seems like he is turning a corner and headed in the right direction! A couple of his recent accomplishments include getting off of CPAP (he is now on a low flow nasal cannula at 0.015 oxygen), his weight is up to 3 lb 5 oz, thanks to his increased feeds (he now eats about 1 oz every 3 hrs). In the next few days, we will try limited trials of room air and maybe introduce a bottle for one feed a day. He loves his pacifier, so, we are hoping that eating will be second nature. For those of you who are wondering, Nicholas will be breastfed, but we need to accurately know his intake at this point and he needs "fortified" breast milk, so, will end up on a combination of bottle/breast. All in due time. Hope you enjoy today's pictures, we think they are pretty cute.