Cooper is continuing to do extremely well. In fact, he's been doing so well for so long that Chloe remarked that it feels like "we are holding our breath waiting for something to go wrong," but in the meantime we are more than happy to coast along with continuous good news.
The big news of today is that Cooper has been taken entirely off of TPN (his supplementary intravenous nutrition) and is now being fed entirely breast milk and a little IV fluids. So far he is tolerating the switch quite well, and they will continue to increase his feeds throughout the night as long as he allows it. If he continues to do well then they will remove the pic-line that he was receiving the TPN through and he'll have one less thing attached to his body! It may sound minor, but we are both pretty jazzed about it.
We got to hold Cooper again this afternoon, but rather than doing skin-to-skin we just swaddled him up and held him like a regular baby. I actually much prefer this method as I feel like I can see and bond with him better, but Chloe (and probably Cooper) prefer skin-to-skin. Regardless, I'm counting it as a victory for dad because I was loving it. Most importantly, we got to break out his little hat again. I love that little hat.
We didn't get to weigh Cooper before we took off tonight, so we unfortunately do not have any updates on just how chubby he's getting. He does look bigger every single day, and his little neck rolls have got us in the palm of his tiny hand. He's getting bigger, stronger, and we couldn't be happier with the progress that he is making.
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