Thursday, January 8, 2009

Day 82: (Photos) Chubby Cheeks

Loki just keeps growing, as you can see from the pictures. He weighs 5 pounds and 5.6 ounces (2425 grams). He is almost as big as I was when I was born. He is wearing some newborn clothes now! I had the chance to give him a bath again yesterday and he did very, very well. Breastfeeding was very frustrating unfortunately. He did not latch on and was very pooped, he really preferred cuddling up. Obviously cuddling is great, but I am getting a little anxious about getting him to breastfeed, as he is starting to show signs of wanting to feed by mouth. This means the staff is getting eager to feed him the bottle. As many new moms I am a little worried he will not be able to breastfeed if he gets the bottle first. So, few more hours at the hospital over the upcoming week!


Recognize the shirt Kier?:

Margaret and Sol reconnecting the systen after the move to room 23:

Finding Loki:

Two sleepy men:

So cozy cuddling up with dad:







6 comments:

marieke said...

Lieve mom,
Ik snap dat je het heel belangrijk vindt om Loki borstvoeding te geven! Misschien goed om jezelf af te vragen wat er gebeurt als dat niet goed genoeg lukt. Mijn collega met preemie vertelde dat het lukte om tegelijkertijd te kolven en de baby de fles te geven. Een ander vertelde dat het bij haar dochtertje (ook preemie) helemaal niet lukte. Het kind is helemaal gezond groot geworden met flesvoeding. Nou zijn die kinderen jouw Loki niet, maar het gaat wel prima met ze.
Van een gestreste moeder gaat Loki denk ik niet beter drinken en meer dan je best kun je niet doen.
Succes en oefen ze! Veel liefs X

Unknown said...

sleepy heads...cute!!

Anonymous said...

Aaaah! Lijkt wel een beetje op Muus he? ;-) Houd vol, houd moed. Alle begin is moeilijk maar Loki komt er hoe dan ook wel. Echt waar. Kusjes!

Unknown said...

Oh, mom. I hear your frustration. Anna took a long time learning to breast feed. I was very adamant about it though, and did not allow the stuff to bottle feed. She stayed on the feeding tube until she had the breast feeding down. Ask Lisa. She remembers. And Deborah, the lactation consultant was awesome.

Good luck. You have all my sympathy.

Suzan said...

Lieve mom,

Bij Phileine heb ik ook vaak getwijfeld wat ik moest doen, omdat zij altijd zo licht was. Hield me best bezig kan ik me goed herinneren... Daarover hoef je je in elk geval geen zorgen te maken. Loki ziet er welvarend uit! Zo mollig is Phileine nooit geweest :-)
Jij doet in elk geval gigantisch je best! Echt heel knap van je! Ik wens je heel veel moed en vooral veel plezier met Loki voeden.

Liefs vanuit een sprookjesland, een Nederland onder de prachtige witte sneeuw.

We denken aan je.

Suzan

Janet said...

YEA! Nursery Three! That-a boy!

I've been home sick with a nasty virus for over one week now, but I've been checking up on the big boy. Way to go, everyone! Miss seeing you all. Knuffels to Loki.
Love,
Nurse Janet

About Loki Sky

Loki Sky is a special little man. He was a very early micropreemie, weighing only 610 grams (1 lb, 5 oz) after 24 weeks, 3 days gestation, born to an American Father and a Dutch Mother in Berkeley, California on October 18, 2008.

On January 11, 2009, while still in the hospital NICU, his one kidney stopped working. It was repaired after three surgeries. After spending time in three hospitals in three cities, Loki came home on February 17. He struggled with eating, and then stopped in July, leading to 8 days in the hospital, a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, and a NG feeding tube. On October 10, a minor surgery installed a G feeding tube. Another procedure replaced it with a new one, and then again with a Mic-Key button in Jan. 2010.

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