Monday, March 8, 2010

My sons are not animals

Felix is doing okay. He's almost 3 lbs! And he's 14 1/2 inches long. He is getting so big! It still sad to me every day that he's in the hospital, but at the same time, it's kind of neat to see him grow on the outside how he would be growing on the inside. This little man is still on the ventilator, and his settings are pretty high, which is frustrating for me. I'm sure one day he'll be off of it. His PDA is still open. As of today, the doctors are not sure if they are going to do surgury to close his PDA or not. They are doing a blood culture to make sure that he doesn't have any infections, first, and then they will go from there. He's also receiving 4cc's of my breastmilk every 4 hours! He's moving up in the world!

Despite the pictures of a cute little tail and a new found way to drink, I swear my boys are indeed boys.

Talking with my son. (Thanks for taking pictures Geri!)
Look how big he's getting! He's finally starting to get a little fat in his cheeks and chin. It's not much, but it's starting to form! WOO-HOO!
His little "bunny tail". That's his spina bifida. That will be corrected at a later date. Right now he's way too small for that surgury. BUT the good news is that he's peeing like a champ and moving his legs all around. I love his little tail. It's really soft to the touch and just so stinkin' cute!
All of his hair.
My son Alexander is 17 months old. He LOVES to climb on everything, tear everything apart, destroy stuff, and make a HUGE mess. I think his father was like this as a child, from what I've heard. Here is Alexander dumping water into a bowl on the table.
Very pleased with himself, and pleased that we all thought he was very funny.
Here doggy doggy. haha....silly choo choo. He LOVED licking the water out of the bowl. And he got it all out of there, too.

1 comment:

Likely said...

those tiny fingers and that darling face are most definitely fatter. way to go mama's milk! he looks good! Look at that hair!