Day 70

Alex and Mabry are continuing to make progress on feeding from bottle. Mabry is bottle fed about every other feeding, she doesn't always finish the entire bottle, but sometimes she does. She is also starting to que when she is getting hungry. During the photo session last Sunday, she started rooting and even sucked on Alex's nose for a few seconds. Alex is bottle fed twice a day and is also doing well. They both get fortifier added to breast milk for extra protein & calories and Alex actually gets olive oil, too. Alex is catching up on weight; Mabry weighs 4 lbs 14.8 oz and Alex 4lbs 9.2 oz. He had a blood gas this morning, and his carbon dioxide was 52 (this is good). Here is another picture of Alex from Wednesday, he kept getting his arms out of his swaddle.