Another gain

I just got home from a late-night visit to see Cayden.  As of last night, he gained two more ounces.  He is now 3 lbs. 14 oz.  He did gain 18 grams again tonight, but it wasn't quite enough to put him up another ounce.

He's still dealing with the reflux and had another significant desat at the end of his feed while I was kangarooing with him.  For now, they're trying to spread his feeds out over a longer time period (90 minutes) as well as keeping the head of his crib elevated to see if that helps prevent the issue.  If it doesn't they may have to try medication and/or thickening his feeds.

Dry breasting is still going fairly well.  The nurse tonight said he's really showing signs of being ready to take a bottle and that we should discuss how we want that to happen sometime soon.  I guess there is a window of opportunity when they're most apt to pick up on it while still learning to breast feed and we don't want to miss the chance.  So I should be talking with the lactation consultants and his primary nurses in the next couple of days and hopefully he can get that tube out of his belly soon!