Big Changes

So many great changes in the last few days! On Friday morning, Alexander moved to the Ram cannula - this delivers oxygen and air pressure through prongs in both of his nostrils. It's much more comfortable for him and he seems much more settled. 

The plan moving forward is to keep him steady and slowly wean him down on the vent. He's at 12 and they plan to go down 1 each week. Once he's around 6, we can then start working on feeding. 

He also made the move into a big boy crib! He enjoys it much more because he can do tummy time and sit up in a boppy. 

This weekend Alexander also met his uncles! It was fun to have all the Stopulos boys at the hospital to meet the little man before they headed over to cheer on the Hawkeyes.  

Weight: 7 lbs 6 oz

Day of Life: 97

Gestational Age: 38

Alexander is: much more stable and calm with the ram cannula. He also is behaving like an average newborn - although we know he's much more than average ;)

We enjoyed: getting to both kangaroo care with him - there's nothing better than holding your baby skin to skin. 

I feel: tired. This is wearing on me but we will do everything to have normalcy for Andrew and to continue to bond with Alexander. 

Lesson learned: patience - the greatest I feel that I will ever have to have in my life. This may be an especially trying time in our journey, knowing how much longer we have to go and longing for the day he can come home. 

Looking more and more like big brother!

One of my favorite photos of all time. 

Bath time!