Bottoms Up

Archer had his first try at feeding through a bottle for one of his feedings today. The nurse taught Mom how to hold the bottle, to take it out slightly when Archer forgets to breathe, and to allow him time to burp. So Mom observed while Archer downed all 37 ml of milk like a champ in less than 30 minutes! He was very good at burping too! It took a lot of work for him to do this and he was worn out when he had finished. He had a brady about an hour afterward which was expected after this difficult task. The staff will most likely continue to give him one bottle a day, and then gradually add more bottle feedings until he is taking a bottle every three hours. Until then he will still take most feedings through his feeding tube. Archer's oxygen has been around 30% and the nursed raised it to 35% only while he was feeding. The nurses mentioned that he did much better with a bottle than they had expected.
Archer received a new Kate's Kart book today: The Grouchy Ladybug.