Looking a little milk drunk after the big feed

Most times babies take some time to adapt to the bottle. In the case of Sebastian it took him one try and he guzzled 59 ml of milk in 20 minutes. To date the fastest he has finished his full feed in a bottle has been 10 minutes flat. Everyone has said that Sebastian has adapted easily to bottle feeds which should help with his breast feeding. After his milk he gets this woozy look (nurses say he is milk drunk)and like a typical man he falls into a very heavy content sleep.

more bottle feeding with nurse Mary Jo

Sebastian gets his first bottle feeding and is very successful

Sebastian gets his meds and chills out

My cell mates at the hospital

Some of Steinar's Norwegian friends visit Sebastian

Sebastian is 6lbs 13 ounces as of today or 3080 grams

It has been a very busy few weeks and time is not something I have alot of. Today I am able to post as I am sick with the flu and I am not able to be in the NICU. It is very hard day as I am having a bit of stress over not being able to see Sebastian but I can assure you that I am calling the NICU on a regular basis and annoying them for regular updates.
Our seven Norwegian guests who had been staying the past two weeks have left for home and had a great visit. We enjoyed the time with them and wished things had worked out a bit differently so that I could have spent more time visiting with them rather then at the hospital.
Sebastian is growing well and I am now focusing on breastfeeding. Sebastian is now also being bottle fed to help him develop his suck and swallow as prems have a hard time coordinating both. He was given his first bottle and managed to hoover his full feed of 59 ml in about 20 minutes flat. Very impressive.

We have health related issues happening all the time with Sebastian and are still facing many ups and downs (far too many to blog). As of today things are "stable" and our little boy is growing stronger and not dependent on any more machines to help in his breathing.

Thanks for all who are praying for the little guy and reading the blog. I will try to blog more often.