Saturday, Aug. 16: Brother-sister love

Another great day in the NICU. Today we brought Carlita to visit Luke. This was a more successful than her first visit last week. Luke was awake which was great for Carlita. She came in and just was in awe of Luke. The night before we had her make a special project for Luke and put it up in his nursery area. She quickly noticed it and stated that Luke liked it. Karl and Carlita read a book to Luke while I pumped.

This really worked so well for Carlita. She had packed a suitcase of her toys so when she got bored, she went to the Comfort Room and played there with Karl. Her godparents, Tara and Mike, came to take her to the UD pool after we ate lunch. This really helped us out. We spent the whole day at Luke’s side. Every three hours Luke and I tried breastfeeding (and they increased his intake on the gavage up to 50 ml), but he didn’t wake up at 3pm. He slept straight through for 6 hours after our noon feeding attempt. I must have worn him out!

Tara, Mike, and Carlita returned from their day at the pool. Everyone got to visit Luke one more time before we left. We also were able to bring in outfits for him to wear, which helps alot. Hopefully Luke starts learning how to breastfeed so he can come home.