Well, yesterday and today Zac is doing pretty much what the nurses have been suggesting he might, which is taking a bit of a step backward with his eating. I guess that, for a premature baby, eating from a bottle is akin to working out. Do that 8 times in a day and you'd be pretty tired, too.
So yesterday and today he's taken partial feedings from the bottle, then had to have the rest given to him through the tube. Both feedings we've been here for so far today have been this way. He took half the bottle at noon on his own, then took 1/3 of the bottle at his 3pm feeding. We're going to let them give him his 6pm feeding entirely through the tube so he can continue to rest. He's been sleeping a bit more than he had before also, and I guess that's a sign of just how tired he is. :)
But, we expect him to take this step back and then go forward big-time, so I'm sure that's coming pretty soon. Probably two weeks or a little less before he's outta here, so we just have to keep being patient!
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