Deacon's CPAP was lowered to a pressure of 5. He was also changed from a 6 care schedule (every 4 hours) to 8 care schedule (every 3 hours). What this means is that he has been tolerating his full feeds and instead of feeding him continuously over the 3 hours of each care, he now gets his full feeds the first two hours of each care. If he tolerates this, tomorrow will be the first hour of each care. And if he tolerates that, he will get feeds the first 15 minutes of each care (just like a full-term baby)!
And another milestone, Deacon has been doing a good job of maintaining his own body temperature. What this means is that he is ready for a crib! The nurses are going to keep him in his isolette for a little while longer for a couple of reasons. It is much quieter in his isolette and blocks out the cries of the other babies in our nursery. It is also nice that he has the blanket on top of his isolette to block out the lights while he is sleeping. Once he goes into a crib he won't have either of these.
For another big milestone, Deacon weighed in at 3 pounds .7 ounces tonight!
Deacon
