Almost totally in the clear.

Rian gets bigger, stronger and healthier every day. His PDA is gone and they've upped his feeding amounts and have started "non-nutritive" feedings, to help teach him how to nurse. Sounds like fun, except for Helen, as you mothers who have breast fed and pumped know, to pump for 20 minutes, then have to try to have a baby nurse for another 20 equals very tender areas.

They've made it even more interesting because the non-nutritive feeds are to happen twice a day, at least 3 hours apart. Oh, and they're scheduled for 1:30am, 4:30am, 7:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pm and 10:30pm. You pick 2 and eventually they'd like to move it up to 4 feedings. As it is, Helen's up every 3 hours pumping.

But things get tricky when you consider, we still have 3 kids and I work. So finding the times to go is getting difficult.

Ben goes to school @ 8
Josh goes to school @ 8:15
Josh gets out of school @ 12:00 (no school for Josh on Fridays)
Ben gets out of school @ 1:15 on mondays, 2:15 Tuesday - Friday
I normally see Rian in the evenings after the others are in bed.

So, the 7:30 would be possible, but I'd have to go to work almost an hour late. 10:30 is possible if we can find a sitter for Morgan every day and not have gone to the 7:30, 1:30 is out because of kids getting out of schools, 4:30 could work, I'd be able to watch the kids and maybe even start dinner, 7:30 is right before bedtime and occasionally I/We have rehearsal, then 10:30 is my time. I didn't even mention 1:30 and 4:30am... that's called sleep.

That about raps it up for the past few days. They're going to take him off of his oxygen soon and that's the last thing he's on, and it's very little at that.