Good news....Taylor is almost 4 lbs now. Last night he weighed 3 lbs, 15.4 ounces. Tonight we are sure he will be at the 4 lb mark if not a few ounces above that.
Not so good news....we met with the physical therapist regarding his issue with eating. She gave us some exercises to use to try and help Taylor along with bottle feeding. He's now up to 35 cc's of milk every 3 hours and can only manage to take down about 5-15 cc's. Some of the feeding times he won't even take the bottle (he's too tired). Spoke with the doc today about this. Doc said he's not surprised after all that Taylor has been through. Even though Taylor is now 38 weeks, he's acting like a 33 week old baby. This means it's going to be a slow process. At the earliest, he would come home around 41 weeks and that's only if he's taking at least half of all of his feedings 100 % by bottle. That will take time to get to that point. At 44 weeks, the doc will start talking to us about feeding options at home if Taylor is not meeting this goal by then. This would require a small procedure to insert a feeding tube directly into his tummy. WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. We must pray that Taylor will learn to bottle feed on his own in the coming weeks. Josh and I are just in shock to learn that we may be here for 6 MORE WEEKS!!!! We really thought Taylor would progress as Laynie did with feeding.
Doc said he's seen babies "flick a switch" and begin taking down feedings by bottle over night and others take it really slow. Let's pray that Taylor can turn this around soon.
Love,
Josh and Angie
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Hi Angie,
You are amazing! I'm so glad the babies are doing so well and I pray that Taylor continues to gain weight like he has been, what a trooper that little guy is. Take care our thoughts are always with you.
Love, Katy
Hang in there! We are thankful Taylor is gaining weight, and hopefully he will start to get the feeding down pat soon.
Thinking of you!
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