Day five for PJ. Very rough day emotionally for me. Hormones I’m sure had something to do with it. Despair, etc. Yuck. PJ doing better. Got to nurse again. Made some progress with the help of a lactation consultant there in the NICU. Everybody got to hold him today. Tough to do with all those little cords. Afraid to mess something up. Or cause an alarm to go off. Or hurt him!

They had trouble with the IV in his scalp. Had to try several times to get it, but couldn’t. One time I was there. They sent us over to the Park (a waiting area in the NICU) to wait. I could hear him crying! Aaack! I cried with him. And prayed.

Nursing going well. I think this was the day we weighed him before and after and he took about 50 ml of milk. He was only up to 36 ml or so from the bottle. Nice to know all that seems to be working for us. He gets a ‘milk coma’ after eating. Nothing can disturb him then!

Looking a bit jaundiced, but he’s finally pooping so hopefully that will get rid of it…

Sleepy boy…

Dad holding:

Dad holding:

Oma holding:

All of us…