34 Weeks

Archer started on his journey toward taking his feedings by bottle. This might be a somewhat slow process, but it's a good start. Archer has been giving cues of being hungry. He has been receiving his feedings continuously, at a slow pace, every 24 hours. With this pace, his stomach may have always felt like it never got a full meal. His cues of being wide-eyed, sucking, fussiness, and fighting sleep, led the staff to change his feeding schedule to 28 ml for 2 hours at a time. He will get 1 hour breaks in between feedings. In this manner, he will be taking in feedings in a shorter amount of time, allowing to get more of a "full" feeling. Depending how Archer is doing with this system, they will try to wean him down more to a naturally timed feeding, such as feeding for 30 minutes, after every 3 hour break. The staff would then slowly transition  him to a bottle. Feeding is one of the most difficult things an infant can learn how to do, and Mom and Dad are glad that Archer has been "asking" to be fed.
Archer weaned off more flow from his cannula, going from 5 liters to 4 liters of flow. His oxygen level is still in the thirties.
Archer will no longer receive chest x-rays unless the staff believes one is necessary. His latest weigh-in was 3 pounds 3 ounces. He was weighed 3 times to make sure the weight was accurate.