Feeder Grower

It's been a little while since the last update, but baby Callan is still doing really well! They call him a feeder grower now meaning he is totally healthy - he just has to learn how to eat and gain weight. He is in "stage 1" of breastfeeding right now. This means I get to nurse him once per 12 hour shift. If he nurses for 10 minutes it is considered a "full feed." He has to gain weight and have one full feed per shift for 2 days until he can move on to stage 2. Stage 2 is 2 feeds per shift, stage 3 is 3, stage 4 is 4, and stage 5 is eating on demand. He has to pass off each stage for 2 days before moving on. We have been working on stage 1 for 3 or 4 days and he has only had one full feed so far, but it's progress! They say stage 1 takes the longest to pass off.

So... if you do the math (which I constantly am) we've got at least another 10 days ahead of us. That's if he magically started doing full feeds every time. We're probably looking at a couple more weeks. We just have to keep telling ourselves we're so glad he's healthy!

A post can't be complete without some funny Easton lines...

"Mom, when Easton was a girl I pumped milk."

"You weren't a girl East, you were always a boy."

"No, I was a girl on Tuesday."

:)