100th Day

The staff at the NICU decided it was time to go ahead and try out an open crib with Archer. The bed is rather large and looks like a cage (it is also used for toddlers). Last night the nurse had turned the incubator temperature down even closer to room temperature. Archer's gestational age, the fact that he has started bottle feeding, his incubator temperature, and his occasionally warm body temperature was convincing enough to move him to an open crib. He seemed to look at his surrounding in amazement today when he was lying in his new crib. It will now be easier for the nurses, doctors, and Mom and Dad to handle Archer when he needs attention. He will be wearing out a lot of onesies, sleep sacks, and swaddlers to help regulate his body temperature.
Archer's feedings were increased from 42 ml to 44 ml per feeding. Dad gave it a shot at feeding Archer for the first time today and they both did very well. Archer drank all but 16 ml of his bottle before he got tired.
Archer also made another milestone and reached 1.0 liter flow on his cannula. His oxygen level was floating around 35%. The next most likely step will be taking oxygen off a valve that feeds 100% oxygen at smaller liter flow increments.