doctor w
arned us this might occur unless he had a blood transfusion. Since he's continuing to grow, however, they're going to hold off on the transfusion, in the hope that his body will resolve the issue on it's own. This explains part of why he's struggled to feed lately, as anemia can cause fatigue. One question answered, but another thing to pray about, I guess. Dane seems to WANT to start eating via mouth though, as he's pulled his NG tube again today, for the fourth time (hence, the full face pictures). We keep telling him he has to keep drinking out of a bottle if he doesn't want the tube in; we hope he'll figure it out soon, but aren't sure he speaks English yet:)He also had his weekly weigh in and measuring session this morning. We were excited to find out that he's grown to 4lbs, 9oz and 17.5 inches, from 3lbs 13 oz and 16.5 inches 3 weeks ago on his b-day. In the last week, his head also grew a centimeter and a half, which means he's probably taking after his dad and might also explain part of why he's so tired... :)
Finally, our favorite nurse, Tina, was enthusiastic about 
letting us give him his 
first non-sponge bath. It was a blast for us, but possibly not Dane's favorite activity ever. He did really well when he wasn't exposed to the air directly, but even warm water made him so cold! It definitely took some practice to get the correct hold on him (which still feels a lot like a choke-hold); he's a slippery little bugger when wet:) He was very content once wrapped back up in the Dane burrito (Mark and I are both expert swaddler
s now). However, pretty much as soon as we sat down 
to comb his hair, he decided he was too clean and made a major mess...ah, just a glimpse of the future, I think. It was so fun to see how his hair got so much brighter orange when freshly washed! He's so cute, we can hardly stand it.
letting us give him his 
first non-sponge bath. It was a blast for us, but possibly not Dane's favorite activity ever. He did really well when he wasn't exposed to the air directly, but even warm water made him so cold! It definitely took some practice to get the correct hold on him (which still feels a lot like a choke-hold); he's a slippery little bugger when wet:) He was very content once wrapped back up in the Dane burrito (Mark and I are both expert swaddler
s now). However, pretty much as soon as we sat down 
to comb his hair, he decided he was too clean and made a major mess...ah, just a glimpse of the future, I think. It was so fun to see how his hair got so much brighter orange when freshly washed! He's so cute, we can hardly stand it.
Big poop after getting all washed up...isn't that always the way?! And the "orange" hair...I think that's God's way of humorously winking at Mark :). Love it :).
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