The Kilo Club.
I'm not sure what they do in that club. Maybe it's like a math club. Someone puts up an equation and all members work the problem, smoke flying off the lead of their pencils, brows drawn down in fierce concentration. The first one with the correct answer wins that cool new highly coveted Star Wars toy all the kids want for Christmas.
Actually it means Cameron weighs over 1,000 grams. 1,000 grams is 1 kilogram.
We give them three days to meet a new milestone weight.
Say they reach 1,009 grams. Don't celebrate yet because their next poop could be 15 grams! Usually after three days, if they're over their milestone then it's safe to celebrate.
Cameron is 2 lbs 4 oz. Wyatt is 2 lbs 7 oz.
Cameron is on regular nasal cannula. This is the flavor oxygen that he may end up going home on due to our altitude. He's only getting half a liter of oxygen. His favorite thing to do is to reach up, grab it and pull the prongs out of his nose. His oxygen saturation goes down and the nurse has to get up and reposition the prongs. Cameron fusses at the nurse while his prongs are replaced, his oxygen saturation goes back up, he settles in after getting reswaddled and all is well again...until he reaches for his prongs again.
His feeding tube was moved from his mouth to his nose in preparation for teaching him how to eat orally. Around 34 weeks of gestation is when they're usually ready to attempt feeding by bottle or breast. They show signs of being ready like putting their hands to their mouths, rooting around and waking up about feeding time. Cameron already has been rooting around and will shove his hands in his mouth. He's master of his binkie as well and he's only 30 weeks gestation.
Wyatt is on high flow oxygen now so he is in charge of breathing. The machine doesn't breathe for him, just gives him extra oxygen. He's weaned down on his flow quite a bit and I expect within the next few days, he'll be on regular nasal cannula. Wyatt has been sticking his hands in his mouth and is learning his binkie. He'll gum it for a while then switches to sucking on it as if he just remembered what he's supposed to do. Maybe he's a little confused because of his feeding tube in his mouth. Hopefully he stops gumming it since I plan to nurse them.
We're learning that he's a very sensitive guy. He's very aware of what's going on around him and when someone is around. He's responsive to my voice and loves story time. When he gets upset, he's easily consoled with a hand over his legs or his arms. And when I hold him, he stays calm and relaxed. Sometimes he goes to sleep, sometimes he just hangs out and looks around. He usually reaches an arm out as if he's trying to hug me back. He's a snuggler for sure and just a sweet, sweet boy.*
It's time for some pictures!
Wyatt:
He loves sticking his legs out
First time Daddy got to hold
They were changing his feeding tube so we took advantage and got a picture of him without anything in his mouth.
And, tiny hiccups!
Cameron:
He discovered the baseballs on the blanket that covers his isolette and was enamored. He spent a good 20 minutes looking all around at them.
Sucking on his binkie without anyone's help
Again with the baseballs lol!
*And we love holding you too, Cameron! (in case they read this blog in the future lol)
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