Baby Update

Sebastian is doing so well. All his test results have come back showing good results. The only thing he has to work on is eating. He has a feeding tube in and is having a hard time keeping down my milk. Babies this young aren't really interested in sucking yet, so they just feed him through a tube in his nose. Once he can get the hang of eating and is gaining weight, we will be able to bring him home. We are hoping this will be only a few weeks away!

As you can see from the pictures, we've gotten to hold him quite a bit now.
I go to visit in the morning for his 10:00 feeding and then I get to hold him like this for about 2 hours. They call it "Kangaroo Care" and he lays under my shirt like a baby kangaroo. It's suppose to help premature babies with all different kinds of problems. Here's an article about it.

http://www.med.umich.edu/nicu/pdf/C.3KangarooCare.pdf

He looks very similar to Sydney when she was a baby.

5 lbs 8 oz sounded like a decent size to me, but he's so tiny. You can see here how little he really is.
Adam and I got Sydney a new book about being a big sister, as well as a new doll. She hasn't been able to see Sebastian yet. They don't allow anyone under 18 in the NICU. We've shown her pictures and video of him, but she doesn't quite get it yet. I keep having hospital stays, but she never sees a baby. :)
A family picture :)
Enjoying a cookie from my Dr.
Not many doctors send gifts...this was very nice of him. Very good cookies and very cute!