Jefta from our home group offered to watch Mara on Sunday, so we both could go see Micah in the NICU together on Fathers Day! (It was really kind of him, especially since he and Tate had made us dinner, watched Mara all day yesterday, and helped me move back to our house from Daniel’s parent’s house.)
Daniel and I had a really special time! He got to hold Micah for his tube feeding for the first time on Father’s Day.
The nurse asked if we wanted a picture of our “family” on Father’s Day. Of course, I said “yes!” 🙂 . . . Too bad Mara couldn’t be there too . . .
Daniel liked how Micah would grasp his finger . . . Micah only recently started doing that!
Father’s Day was a milestone day in Micah’s life!
1) He weighed 4 lbs, 13 ozs., passing his initial birthweight (of 4 lbs., 12 ozs.) by day 11!
2) He has been able to hold his temperature, so when we left that afternoon, he had moved into an open crib out of the isolette!!
3) He finally began to get the idea of feeding by mouth today!! He has not mastered it–he can’t yet stay awake long enough for an entire feeding–but he’s actually starting to get it!!
It was a very encouraging day for all of us!