1 ML

.....is how much breast milk Camden took from a syringe today. It took 10 minutes, but he enjoyed it during those 10 minutes. Then, all of a sudden he wanted nothing to do with it and made this really weird, " Get that thing away from me" face so I stopped. But it was something. Every little oral stimulation helps and he swallowed it drip by drip. Slowly, but he did it.
Had a pretty good day today. Had a few bad gassy spells, but not as bad as yesterday. Nursing hours have been cut, so we are having 10 hr shifts during the week and 8 hour shifts on the weekends. His nurse left at 3 today, so we have been hanging out ever since and will continue to because his night nurse called in again tonight.
Had a few more gagging episodes today, but I feel they are less and not as long. The worst was when I tred to give the paci, but I have to continue to put something in his mouth everyday. I just did it once today for about 30 seconds. I couldn't stand it anymore. He still hasnt sucked, but tolerates it, then just gags. :(
He is snoozing away right now with a stat of 100 :) I am so tempted to turn his oxygen down to 0.3 but I dont need another doctor to tell me, " I know you are his mom but could you please get with us before changing things that we should discuss? " ;p so I will patiently wait until the 8th. He has already set the apnea monitor off twice with his shallow breathing, but that is what I am here for. ;) I still jump each time ( that thing is sooo loud ) but he just sleeps right through....