Landon continues to kick up his heels and sail through his time in the NICU. Today he lost 5 grams of weight so he is now 800 grams…must of had a lot in his diaper this morning. They checked him for infection and all his results came back negative. They wanted to make sure his drop in oxygen (desats) that he gets sometimes were not from bacteria or a virus. It appears he is just desating like normal preemies do.

Holding him last night was fantastic. His eyes were open for a long 10 minutes or so, during which he focused on mom’s and dad’s faces. He is also learning to track movement with his eyes which you can see by moving a finger in front of his face very slowly. More and more frequently he has been sucking on his feeding tube and has even begun lapping his tongue around like a small kitten. All of this indicates that he wants to feed, which is good news in a 29 weaker. He won’t have the chance to eat on his own until the nose cannula is turned lower, but we know he will be interested once given the chance. He also picked up his head and completely flipped it over to the other side all by himself. He is truly getting stronger each day. The nurses have even commented that he has begun to make noises and sometimes wail when things are not going his way. Sometimes he is so loud they look at the bigger babies and then realize it is Landon. All of these things are positive steps as he develops into a bigger infant and show us just how strong he is.