Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Big Boy Bed for James

Jamesie got promoted to a big boy bed today! (There was a sign on Mattie's crib yesterday that said "Save for little brother", but apparently they didn't -- Mattie's crib was blue, and James's is mostly white with little rainbow colored specks.) They also changed his name -- he's now a Barr like his brother.

Mattie's old place is filled already -- the entire pod is full all the sudden.

They kept the amount of James's feedings the same (6 ml every three hours), but they're now giving it to him all at once (what they call bolus feeding, when it's given over a half hour) instead of a continuous flow. They also tried to feed him by bottle this evening, before we arrived. Apparently it didn't go too well; he doesn't get yet that he's supposed to swallow the milk, and tried to spit it out. So they're most likely going to have the speech therapy folks come in and evaluate him and make a plan for helping him.

1 comment:

Niki said...

Way to go, James.
You'll be home before you know it!