Tuesday, 5/24

I know, I know...I said I wasn't going to post every day. But, I also promised to let you know when there are any changes. Hopefully this one is minor but it was a little disappointing. I have mentioned Dinky's eye exams in the past, where they check for ROP (retinopathy of prematurity). For the longest time he didn't have any signs of it and then he had stage 2 disease. Well, now there are some signs of stage 3 but still not to the point that it would require treatment (laser surgery). Since he's now considered full term (even past full term) usually it would either begin to resolve or at least stabilize. There hasn't been much that's "usual" about Dinky's course but we will definitely hope for that!

Other than that another good day. I am getting more involved in his day to day care and today learned how to "hang" his feeds. It definitely feels good to be able to release some of this pent up mothering!! Martin held Dinky for a long time and he did great with that. Dinky's definitely developing more of an attitude, which is nice to see. He pitched a big ol' hissy fit and we were desperately trying to figure out what was making him so angry. We finally discovered he was wanting the green pacifier as opposed to the purple one (the green one is a little bigger). The minute he got it he settled right into a deep sleep. Silly thing! Martin noted today that he has the "Mary Moody pout" down pat!