Graduation

Everett has graduated to a big boy bed now. It is so nice not to have him in the incubator. Now when we want to hold him we just pick him up. He is still attached to the monitors so they can keep an eye on him. His main job now is to take all his feeds orally and get rid of that feeding tube. Once he does that and gains weigh consecutively then he can come home. Doctor says that medically he is not concerned about Everett anymore. We just have to get him to gain weight. I asked about a possible date for coming home and he said due date minus a week or two. So we should have him home between June 13th and June 20th.

Also, Everett's first day wearing clothes. The preemie diaper shirts seem to almost fit, but the sleepers are still a little big. He is not a huge fan of being dressed though. It takes a lot of time to get all those tiny parts in a sleeper and then also run all his leads (for the monitors) through them with out pulling off any.

The incubator was heated but now that he is out in the big world he has to be swaddled to help him stay warm. He also might lose a little weigh initially because it takes a lot of energy to keep himself warm. If it happens to much he might need to eat more at every feeding to up his calories.
I look pretty rough in this picture but I still love it.