A small milestone

He reached 4 lbs today. He will get a "big boy" bed, meaning in the next few days, as long as he doesn't lose any of that weight, he will get put into an open bed, instead of an isolette. It will be easier to view him and touch him, instead of him being encased in the glass.

Next week they should be introducing the bottle/letting me try breast feeding. They have been putting a pacifier in his mouth when the "gavage" feed him (through the feeding tube) to get him used to having something to suck on when he is eating. The last couple of days I've noticed that he actually has been sucking on the pacifier instead of just having it in his mouth. That's a good step in the right direction.

He still has the eye infections, however, it did not spread and is slowly clearing up - just weapy, instead of matted like it was. That's also another good sign.

Tomorrow is the friends and family baby shower. I'm really looking forward to it. It would have been nice to be able to have him with me to show off, but I know that I will get plenty of chances to do that.

As far as my developement - so far, so good. The nurse comes Mon, Wed, and Fri to change the wound vac. She said that I prob. would only have to have the wound vac for another week. That's good, cuz when they pull that tape off every time, man, does that HURT!!. And NEVER will I get a bikini wax - although I keep getting a mini one 3 times a week.. lol

Also, for those of you that actually saw me within a couple of weeks of Gunnar's birth know how much weight I actually gained. I saw the video of the first time I held him, and WOW - that was already losing weight, I can't imagine what I looked like before that. I'm already down 45 lbs - and know that I still have some more water weight to lose, since it's still some in my legs. It's coming off slowly. As soon as I get the OK, I hope to start walking around the block and such to help facilitate losing some more weight.