May 22, 2008 No More IVs

When they started Joshua on feedings he was still on IVs for most of his nutrition. As they gradually added volume to his feedings they would reduce the amount of IV nutrition. As they gave him more milk he would gain weight faster, the babies hardly gain any weight on IVs as compared to milk.

The amount of milk he got was based on his weight and how well he has done with his previous feedings. Once he got to the point he was able to get all of his nutrition from milk they were able to take his IVs out! It made it easier to hold him because we didn't have to watch out for the IV/Picc line and worry about dislodging it. It was also wonderful to achieve this milestone and to know he can handle and do well on just milk. He still was taking all of his feedings through the feeding tube at this point. He was not quite old enough to begin trying to nurse.

We took some really cute pictures of Joshua this day, here are some of them.

Eyeing the world

Checking out whats going on

Just happy to be here

Just plain cute