2 months old!

Hard to believe our little boy is 2 months old today! So much has happened in his life since he was born! Yesterday, we went to the pediatrician for his weekly weight check - he's now 11lb. 4 1/4oz. (5.13kg). That's only 5 oz. gained this week, as opposed to 9 oz. gained last week, but Nurse Kay at UNC said it's ok. His pulse ox this week has been between 73-81%, so it's slightly improved from last week. We also ordered a digital scale from ebay, that should be arriving in the next week or two, so hopefully we won't have to go weekly to the pediatrician for his weigh in any more. Also, with the home scale, we won't have to have a home nurse come weigh him - which was our other option, but our current home nurse doesn't have a digital scale (which UNC requires for the weekly weigh in) and no other home nurse company has a digital scale either, so home nursing is out of the question at this time (plus it was going to cost $102.95/visit).

Tomorrow morning at 8:30am we go back to UNC for another swallow study. Last swallow study was done about 6 weeks ago, and at that time, it was taking him 20 minutes to drink a 2 oz. bottle, and it was only the last couple of minutes where he started falling asleep when he was silently aspirating (swallowing the wrong way and not coughing). Well it only takes him 5 minutes to take a 3 oz. bottle now and he doesn't get tired or fall asleep so we think he's ok. He has the ability to cough, and it's rarely when he's eating so we think he's ok. If he passes, then we can take him off the thickened feeds and hopefully I'll be able to nurse him more often! Right now, I'm only allowed to nurse him once a day, and when he does nurse, he latches on right away and does great, although he falls asleep after about 10 minutes.

So today's prayer request is that the x-ray swallow study goes well tomorrow morning. Also, next week, we've got 2 appointments - next Wednesday after his weigh in, he'll have his 2 month checkup and also get his immunizations. Then next Thursday, we go back to WakeMed to see his cardiologist for his monthly heart checkup.

And, as promised, I finally have some new pictures of Ethan for your viewing pleasure! P.S. we'd love to hear from you. Please click on the comment link at the bottom of each blog entry to post a comment on our site!

Mommy & baby Ethan

Well I thought I could get more than one picture posted but I guess not. I'll try to post more later today.