Ethan is really doing great! He keeps having good high sugar results and his IV is almost non existent. Looks like he might be off completely in one day. Once he is off the glucose IV, we have to see how his body regulates itself on its own, eating what he wants, when he wants. This is how he'll be at home so they have to see if he can do it.
Still trying to juggle home life and hospital life. The hardest part is that I'm trying to breastfeed Ethan because I don't want him to get hooked on bottles. I want to be there to feed him but need to be home with the rest of the family. Since I knew coming home was going to pretty soon I wanted to get the house back in order. Love love love Christmas decorations but I was so done this year. Christmas was just so weird and I didn't want all the extra clutter around.
I'm emotionally drained most of the time when it comes to feeding Ethan. He doesn't nurse very well and it wears him out too much to drink a good bottle, ending in him getting most of his milk through the feeding tube. This isn't good. He has to be on bottles or nursing ONLY to come home (obviously) and I'm fighting against myself all the time. I know the most important thing is getting him home, but I also desperately want him to be completely breastfed.
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