5 days old

Cameron is up to eating 19 ccs (30 cc's is 1 oz). Every other feeding he goes up 1 cc. It's still through the feeding tube. We MAY try nursing next week, but it just depends on how things go. He needs to be up to 45 cc's to maintain his birthweight. Each time they up his feeding they lower his IV fluids, so by the time he gets passed 45 cc's he will no longer need the IV (he's not on any extra medications, so it is just for the fluids until he eats more).

He lost a bit of weight the first few days of life (which is completely normal) and is on his way back up. He got down to 3 lbs 15 oz, and last night weighed 4 lbs 1 oz. They weigh him every evening.

His isolette (incubator) is set for 90.5 right now. His temperature is taken every 3 hours at his care time. As his temperature slowly starts to go up (not feverish, just a little up) that shows that he's able to maintain his own body temperature better and they'll slowly lower the temperature on the isolette until he's weaned off of it. Once the isolette temperature gets to about 80 or 81 and he's still keeping his body temperature at a normal level then he can move to a regular crib, which is a big step in being able to come home.

He's still breathing room air, so that's really good. 2 nights ago they gave him a tiny bit of oxygen when his levels dropped just a bit, but after a couple hours he was fine to be off it again. They've left the tube on his nose, just not plugged in, just in case, but tonight if he hasn't needed it anymore they'll remove it again. (It's irritating to their skin to be putting on and removing tape all the time.)

Today I had my first moment of feeling like a mother that felt 'normal' to me throughout the last few days. I was changing Cameron's diaper and it took me a little bit longer because it was poopy and cleaning off a little bum around all the wires is a little tricky. Well, Cameron decided I was just taking too long and he peed all over! And silly as it was, I was tearing up out of joy to have that little moment that felt like normal motherhood. Everything with Cameron has been different and I feel like a first time mom all over again. But here was finally one thing I had experienced with my other two children that I was getting to experience with number three, and yes... despite being all wet... It made me happy. : )