Tuesday, January 18, 2011

We are Feeding Levi!

I was surprised to find out this afternoon that Levi has been put on a regular feeding schedule (every 3 hours) and we can feed him now!  He's still on a feeding tube, but instead of a continuous feed, we are feeding him from the bottle, and then whatever remains of the bottle will be tube fed over an hour.  He did great on the first bottle (that I got to feed him!) but by the end of the tube feeding he was very uncomfortable.  Our nurse called in the dietitian to look at him and the thought is that he was maybe fed too quickly for this first time.  His belly is not used to having food in it!  The doctors have been contacted and we will wait to see if they want to change the amount, or the length, of the feedings.  In the meantime, Levi has given us some lovely presents in his little diaper! lol  I thought after his full day of activity and a very full belly he would take a nice nap, but he is currently enjoying watching the toys hanging over his head.  Oooppps, I spoke too soon, his heavy little eyelids have finally closed and he can sleep off his big meal.

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