Sunday, August 17, 2008

Beckham bottle-feeding every time now!

Beckham was switched to bottle-feeding for every feeding and allowed to basically eat as much or as little as he wants. He has been eating a lot and is definitely improving his coordination with drinking, swallowing, and breathing. In addition, one of his nurses said that Haley could try breastfeeding him, to see how well he would do. The first time she tried he did awesome, he latched on and fed for about 30 minutes. Although this was a very cool thing, we were a little nervous to know if he got enough food, since we have always had to measure how much he ate. The nurse said, "We will watch how long he sleeps, and if he wakes up early and acts hungry. Then, he probably did not get enough." He ended up sleeping until the next feeding, so we assume he got enough to eat. The rest of the night he continued to do well, eating as much as 60 cc's sometimes. They said that if he continues doing so well, he will likely be going home in a few days. Yeah!!!!

1 comments:

CHELSEY said...

Beckham is seriously a little champ. It's so great that he's progressing & I'm sure you're on the downslope of emotions as he gets closer to being able to go home! I can't wait to see him...I'm just waiting for a phone call!