Stats...

This is what we should be looking at...
Due Date: 01/15/2010
Week: 35+2 days (gestation)
Month: 9
Trimester: 3
Fetus Age: 33 weeks

Instead we are looking at this...
Date: 12/13/09
Week: 5+5days
Month: 1month 8 days
Baby age: 38 days
weight: 2125grms 4lbs 11oz
feedings: 40mils (even though he typically takes 50)
Meds: trace amount of oxygen, caffeine, iron & zinc

numbers, numbers, numbers....part due

let me recap...

1. all about his weight numbers

2. all about his bottle feeding numbers

3. Now it's all about the length numbers.

 how long, how many minutes, how long or fast a feeding is.

Salem needs to take 75% (more numbers) of his feeding in 30 minutes or less, at least 2 times (numbers) in a 24 hr period (did i mention numbers?) and consistantly gain weight (back to the weight numbers) to progress to the next level... 3 feedings a day.

Today: he took 27 mils in 30 minutes, little to no brady-cardia... so that's 1 of 2 (uhhh..numbers)

so here's hoping that later tonight he just as gung-ho and we can move this boy up!!!

BTW he weighs in at a whopping 4lbs 3ounces!

Milestone!!!! 3 POUNDS!!!!!

1361 grams, 48 ounces, 4.6666 stone, 3 pounds

This is what 3 pounds looks like!!!

3 lbs even.

26 ml or 5.2 teaspoons per feedings.(I can't believe he's up to that amount)

He spits up, which seems weird since he gets fed through the nose, but manages to keep most of it down.

Salem had another echo-cardiogram... it came back clean, originally it showed 2 small holes in his heart, but they were not able to detect them the second time... self correcting..Hallelujah!!!!!!

He has a small bleed on his brain. He had a second head-ultrasound today, I read the results and came to the conclusion that there are a lot of really big medical words that I can barely pronounce, let alone understand. We should get together with the the Dr. tomorrow to discuss results.

~Tree

If baby ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

For being so young and so small he's really feeling the weight of the world...

What a little piggy... Salem is up to 8mls a feeding... (though 8mls only equals 1 1/2 teaspoons.)

He has gained a whole ounce since last night.

2lbs 12 1/2ounces...

His bilirubin level is up a bit...so he's back to wearing the little hawk hood..and tanning under the lights.

~Tree

Grandma, Mommy & baby makes 3.....

Grandma is already smitten by a tiny little human, that's only slightly bigger than her hand.

The tiniest baby Grandma Mel has ever held has been one of mine....all the babies save Race have been under 6 pounds. But before her opportunity to hold little Salem, I believe Keeley (now 16) held the record at 5lbs even.
Kynz still holds the title for smallest Crowe Crew baby at 2lbs 4oz...but we were in Italy and NO one got to hold that little whipper snapper....

Here Salem is 2lbs 11 1/2 oz (half an ounce above his birth weight)

Grandma Scott & Mommy & Baby Salem
11/10/09