Feeds

Reyes now weighs 1575g, his feeding has been changed to hourly. Previously, he was on constant feeding at 9.5 ml/hr, now they are feeding him hourly with 7 ml and 14 ml. They will also stretch the timing to 2 to 3 hrs in time to come, this is to allow him to accomodate longer intervals between feeds as thats whats gonna happen when he is home.

He is still on tube feeding though. I had a go holding the syringe that was attached to his feeding tube and also carried him for a good 30 mins today.

Was told by the attending nurse that they will try removing his CPAP this coming friday and will try letting him on an hour of either oxygen cap or room air to see how well he can tolerate.

I was hoping he can be weaned off CPAP soon as that would means I can start latching him on to breastfeed him direct as the CPAP will not be in the way. Let's hope he grows and beef up a bit more so that it will not be too physically straining for him. :)