Check out my home

So this is where I live...pretty nice digs, hey? That computer screen tells my nurses how fast I breath and my heart rate.
Today I got thru one entire feeding on my own, with out the help of the feeding tube! One step closer to my next home. 

UW - Cameron

Hey UW...can you give this kid a scholorship?
Now he's ready for some football. Go Badgers. 

Some Quality Family Time

Cameron has been doing well enough that when it came time for breastfeeding and K-Care tonight, the nurse said we could disconnect Cameron from his monitors and go into one of the family rooms. Going into another room and shutting the door to the noise of the NICU made it feel almost like Cameron was home. Daddy was even relaxed enough to take a little nap during K-Care (He didn't even realize that mommy took this picture!) It was nice to have some time, even if it was only a little over an hour, to get away.

Cameron's First Bottle

Cameron's big accomplishment today was that he took his first bottle. Daddy had the honors of giving it to him since mommy gets to do the breastfeeding- that seems fair :)

Cameron did very well. He had to be burped twice. They have a neat swaying move that they suggest doing for premies that worked well. By the time he was done, he took about 12 ml. That's great for a first time. They are going to start giving him bottles twice a day now, in between the 2 times that he breastfeeds.

Since he has to be completely fed by breast and bottle in order to go home, this was an important step. Way to go Cameron!

Boo!!! Did I scare you?

Check out my new hat...specially made for me by Heidi.
Last night the nurses at Meriter dressed up all the babies for a photo shoot. They were having so much fun... 

Hooray for One Less Wire

Cameron is still doing great. There's not a whole lot to report today... He does have one less wire attached, which is great. His Pulse-Ox has been removed. This was a small cuf around his foot that measured the color of his blood to determine O2 concentration. It has been from 95% - 100% since birth, so they figured he did not need it anymore.

He is getting 28 ml through his feeding tube every 3 hours, which means he gets about 8 oz of food a day. He is also showing great cues when he is hungry, has a good latch, and is able to coordinate a suck, swallow, and breath pattern. So, that means they may introduce bottle feeding soon. We'll keep you posted. 

Tiny Cameron

We've gotten some comments that it was hard to tell how tiny a 3 pound Cameron is. So we took a couple comparison shots today. Everyone take a quarter out of your pocket and make your comparison...my parents also took one today with a flip phone next to his head, his face is about the size of a "Razor".

One other update for the day, they have begun to ween him off the heat that has been keeping him warm. He is gaining strength and a bit of fat to keep himself warm...today he weighs 3lbs, 3.7oz.
How many of you can say you've gained 10% of your body weight in one week...wait dont answer that...