Making Progress

After many prayers, Spencer finally seems to be making progress with his eating. Last night he ate 45 ml (out of 55) at 7:30pm and then finished a bottle at 1:30am! This is a HUGE step in the right direction. Then this morning and today, he only ate 10 ml from the bottle and none from me. We have been told many times that it is very normal for these babies to make a huge step and then the next few feedings regress somewhat. So we are trying to focus on the progress and not the setbacks.

Tonight Brendan and I hired a babysitter for Wright and went up to the hospital for a few hours to spend time with Spencer together. He once again ate nothing when I tried to breastfeed which was discouraging. But then we tried a bottle and he ate 45 ml again. We were both very proud parents. It was funny, he had two cheerleaders encouraging him the whole time "Come on buddy, you can do it! We know you can!" Anyways, it at least feels like he is moving in the right direction. We are hoping he makes giant strides this week. Thanks again to all for praying for him :)

On a side note, I know I am slightly biased but he is so stinkin' cute! He has the most beautiful deep blue eyes and such pretty coloring. And he has this blondish hair that has grown in the perfect little boy hair style. We cannot tell who he looks like exactly. Sometimes he looks a lot like Brendan and then sometimes we both see my family too. We don't think he looks that much like Wright though. I guess only time will tell...