Taylor's Weight Gain

He's now 3lbs, 12.8 ounces. We are SO happy about his weight gain. We are very hopeful that this trend will continue. He should be moving to a crib soon. He's been keeping his temp in the incubator so they will test him in the crib. His biggest challenge right now is eating. He's still not doing so well with his coordination (breathe, suck, swallow). We are meeting with a physical therapist early this week to see what more we can be doing to help him. He's SOOO close, yet seems so far away from coming home. We had high hopes that he'd come home by his term date (Oct 11th), but it's not looking like that at this point. We expected that each day he would progress with his feedings, but that's not the case. He gets 33 cc's of breast milk and can only take about 5-15 via the bottle. On good days it's 15 and then the next day it may only be 5. We know that things can change over night and we are praying that it does with this. He needs to eat to come home!!!!

We are VERY anxious to have both our babies at home. We need to work really hard with Taylor each day to help him to progress. Please continue your prayers for our homecoming.

Love,
J & A