1 Little Monkey

Our Little Monkey is sure wanting to bust out of the NICU. He gained more weight last night and now he weighs almost 5 lbs 10 oz (his birth weight on 12/28/10 was 5 lbs 2 oz). (Side note: Tuesday 1/4 Kau'e's length was 18 1/2 inches long. His birth length was 18 inches.) Also during last nights shift he ate about 52% of his feeds by himself and this morning at the 9am feeding he ate all 47ml of his bottle (which is 100%). Then at noon he actively breastfeed for about 20 minutes and then took 27ml out of the 47ml of his bottle. Just called the NICU and Kau'e ate 40ml of the 47ml all by himself! We sure are proud of this Little Man's hard work and strength. The doctor and nurses are telling us that his feeding development must have clicked because he is doing so well the past few days with his feeding. Now we need him to continue his success and continue to gain weight and then they will take him off of 3 hour feedings to on-demand. Once he's on on-demand then we see how well he's doing feeding and gaining/maintaining weight. Hopefully this Little Monkey will be home sooner than later!

Mom and Dad are doing well! Mom is getting more and more sleep every night considering she has to get up every 3 hours to pump. Dad is finding it harder and harder to sleep at nights and that's saying a lot considering Dad never did sleep much before Kau'e was born. Mom's trying to keep an eye on him but it's kind of hard when all she wants and needs to do is sleep. Even through this situation that we are in we feel calm, blessed, strengthen, renewed, and loved! Sure there are moments when we get down and have to look at each other for strength but at the end we know that we are being watched over and cared for in many ways.