MIdnight Feedings

I remember the first time I talked to some of the nurses in the NICU and they told me that Thomas would benefit from G Tube feedings. I was nervous and apprehensive about the whole idea but through the training and every three hour feedings, I think I could probably give him his feeding with my eyes closed.
I remember (lol) one of the first times I gave him a midnight feeding. For starters, let me just say that I had excellent trainers in the NICU as well as the classes we took so I was prepared ahead of time before conducting a feeding at home. I remember Brooke (One of Thomas' bff's in the NICU) told me ~REMEMER~ when you get a new feeding syringe to take the cap off before putting in the food. SO...in the midst of the night, half awake, I go to get his feeding start...of course I DID NOT remove the cap from the syringe, and to make matters worse, used to plunger to push the formula in...you know, to get it started. Wouldn't you know...Thomas and I had a Neosure bath...I hear it's good for the skin :)
Now, weeks and weeks later, I can laugh about it...that night...it wasn't so humorous.





On a different note, Thomas is doing quite well tolerating his bottle feeds. I've even bumped them up to about an ounce about two or three times a day. He does really well swallowing with his feedings as long as I add a bit of rice cereal to each bottle.



I can't believe how big he's getting. He's such a big boy!!