Just heard from Sonja - Levi is now 5 pounds an 1 ounce! Still doing really good - at his feeding today he slurped down his whole feeding plus some in under 15 minutes (the doctor said to give him more if he'll take it at feedings - his current feeding is at 44mL). He is just getting cuter and cuter. We'll need to get some new photos up soon - they took off his velcro patches, so now you can see more face. We're still thinking he might come home this week, but he needs to get a couple of things accomplished first: 1) be doing all of his feedings by bottle and 2) not having any apnea "episodes". Apnea is common for preemies and they usually grow out of it. And, he's having very few episodes (only 1 last night). So, we're hoping he'll stop having them soon. If he doesn't, they hook up some monitoring equipment to determine exactly what is causing it. In most cases, the solution is a daily dose of caffeine for a week or two (and who doesn't need that to function anyway?). But, we got his carseat ordered and are working to get his room finished...so we're ready any time he is.
In other news, we got the word Saturday night that our good friends in Iowa had their second baby boy - I think the name is David, but I heard the final results weren't quite in on the name. Our friends and new neighbors (just moved a block away from us) also had their second baby boy on August 1. So, Levi should have no shortage of buds.
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Caffeine? You're already taking the kid to Starbucks, aren't you?
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