Baby Max has graduated from the NICU to Special Care Nursery!!! We are one step closer to going home! It is so great because we are in our own little room and I am going to be here all day and night. It is really relaxed and I can hold him as much as I would like and just work on bonding and nursing him!!! I am practically giddy!
He needs to finish up some antibiotics and he needs to be able to eat all of his meals without tube feeding and gain weight. Once those things are done we can go home!!!!
I was able to start nursing him yesterday and he did so great! The first time I tried he wasn't exactly sure what to do. Then he started sucking and got a little taste of milk and pulled away and just sat there smacking his lips trying to figure out what just happened. It was so funny!!! Then he latched right on and nursed like a champ! It was so great. I could tell he loved it and that made me so very happy.
He keeps trying to pull his feeding tube out so they had to give him a tape mustache. Lol!!!
Silly baby!
While he was in utero we found out his kidneys were dialated. I had to meet with a maternal fetal specialist and they decided he had hydronephrosis. Yesterday they did a VUR scan to see if maybe he had bladder reflux and that is what is causing the dialation. I just found out that scan came back normal and he doesn't have bladder reflux which is great! So now we just wait and keep an eye on his kidneys to see how they do and if they can just calm down and take care of themselves.
I think that takes care of all the current updates. Today is going to be a great day!
My sister saying goodbye to Max in the NICU. My mom and sister had to go home today. They were so much help in every possible way. We will all miss them so much!
Some flowers my grandparents sent to us! They are beautiful!
Max in his big boy crib in the Special Care Nursery!
Will update more soon!
