"Out here a man settles his own problems."- Tom Doniphon

September 25^th and 26^th: Weekends at the hospital are very slow mostly they are maintaining the babies in the NICU. Duke and I had more Kangaroo time where he lays on my chest, mouth agape and giving me the challenge of kissing his head. The big phrase for how he looks when I hold him is content, which I am too when I hold him content and sleepy.

            With each day they keep increasing his food. He is up to 25 CC’s of breast milk and they are going to start being more aggressive with how they are feeding him. Every 12 hours they are going to increase his feeds by 5 CC’s. They have also started having him work on a pacifier, which teaches him how to start sucking on a bottle. Duke knows his goals and he is settling them on his own.

Duke got to meet a lot of people this weekend who were cooing over him. The big thing I hear is how much smaller he is than people realize from the pictures. I remind them the camera adds 5 pounds so he looks 10 pounds. He is good about waking up when people come in, even if it is just for a few minutes. Mom was very jealous when GG (Great Grandma Frye) was able to keep his vitals more regular than she could.

I hate not knowing when he is coming home, some nurses say a week and some nurses say when his due date was (October 29^th). I want to take him home every day because I hate leaving him there. This had nothing to do with the hospital or the nurses because they are amazing with him. I just want look over at his crib and know he is in there. I know he is working his hardest and every day am so amazed by the progress this little bird has made.