Growing bigger

Not much news from yesterday, and that is a good thing.

Loki weighs 2920 grams and looks like a normal size baby by now. When I was cleaning some of his old clothes, I could not even believe they ever looked big on him. The preemie clothes are so tiny, yet they looked so big when we put them on him first. I remember so well that Annette told me to bring in some clothes early December, so we could dress him like a big boy. These days he is a big boy!! If I would be as crafty as dad I would now add the link to the photos of this first dress up session, but I am not. [Update: Here is the link.]

Breastfeeding did not go so well today, because Loki was sound asleep two out of three times. Basically he does okay when he is awake, taking approximately 8-12 ml's in 45 minutes. Not much, but something. Nevertheless, I do find the process cozy. He loves snuggling up close, and looking around with his little round eyes, while sucking vigorously. Sometimes he swallows, and usually he breathes. Although the latter two are not consistently Incorporated yet, which causes some bradies here and there. Less and less so though!

We now seem to have two primaries during the evenings. On the one hand this is great, because they are both wonderful nurses. On the other hand we missed Libby yesterday. We asked Jeane, the primary that worked yesterday, in our very first week at CHO. She already primaried a baby, and worked with Loki whenever they were paired. After a few days this baby moved to another room, and so did Jeane. We did not see her until after I asked Libby. Now her primary was discharged, and she is taking care of our Little handsome guy. Wonderful and also "oops." It is frustrating for nurses to commit to a primary, and then not get them because of another primary nurse. I know that from Alta Bates and tried to prevent that this time! Anyway, they are both wonderful and are starting to get the hang of who Loki is.