It's a suck fest

Little man has outshone himself today.

After a visit from the speech therapist, a successful bottle feed, and vast improvement in breastfeeding, Jensen has gained permission to slowly commence some bottle feeds. These are not full feeds to replace breastfeeding, but he will be topped up afterwards via the bottle on occasion rather than by the gastric tube. Effectively this is another step closer to coming home.

Yesterday on his first go he finished a bottle of 25 mls with minimal choking and spluttering...a very impressive effort. Today, we moved on to four suck feeds and three bottle top ups. By the fourth one he was so exhausted we finished off with the tube. He's done so well, and everyone is so impressed with him, exceeding their expectations yet again. So from here on, we are carrying on with the four suck feeds, and need to gradually work our way to 8. When this is accomplished we can come home.

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