Nate is doing very well. He is eating pretty well most of the time, although he doesn't like to eat much first thing in the morning. He gets put to bed after his last feeding about 11:30 pm and has been sleeping through the night until he is awakened for a 6:30ish feeding on weekdays. On weekends he wakes up on his own between 6:30 am and 8:30 am. He normally goes back to sleep until 10 but that will change next week when he goes to Dea's house in the mornings. He really is a good sleeper. We are very lucky.
Monday the developmental specialist is coming to evaluate Nate for developmental delays. He is behind for his age, but preemies are supposed to be judged based on their due date age, not actual age. So Nate is 23 weeks actual age, or 9 weeks adjusted age. I believe that for 9 weeks he is hitting most developmental milestones well. The specialist will tell us more Monday (yes, she is working on the holiday).
When I was pregnant, I signed Patrick up for a Daddy Boot Camp class where he went for 4 hours one day and learned the essentials of new fatherhood- ie: changing diapers, feeding, holding, safety issues. This past Saturday, Patrick returned to the class with Nate. Nate was one of the babies the newer fathers-to-be got to practice on. The picture where he is getting fed , he is getting fed by one of those fathers-to-be. Notice the stream of formula coming out of the corner of his mouth- he was not cooperating very well.
The pictures in the crib were of Nate with Averie, my friend Debbie's daughter. She was born in late February at full term. She is 3 weeks ahead of Nate based on ADJUSTED age. I think the look on his face in those pictures says "why do you have me surrounded in all this pink??" He was in Averie's crib.
The last pic was just taken tonight.
Have a good week everybody!!
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Better late than never. I finally signed up so I can post to Nate's blog. It is fun to see him grow up! We need to get together! Love ya, Lynne
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