Three days of bliss

It's been three days since the last diary entry and that's because Thomas is doing so well. He is now off his C-PAP for up to seven hours at a time and coping really well. His feeds have increased to 7mls every two hours and the doctor thinks that if the NEC was to become a problem again, it should have done so already. However, we don't want to get too excited as he hasn't actually 'opened his bowels' yet but what an interesting cause for celebration that will be!!

Thomas was weighed again yesterday and now weighs 1.522kgs or 3lb 5ozs to those that think a kilo is a kind of pastry. He seems to be changing daily and developing some of our characteristics already though I can't imagine where he gets that frown from!!

Yesterday Thomas was visited by Roger, Gill and Emily although Emily wasn't allowed to meet Thomas as the unit doesn't allow children in to visit unless they are a direct sibling. Emily is particularly excited about babies at the moment as she is looking forward to meeting her new brother or sister in a few months time though couldn't make up her mind which she'd prefer. Juliet also visited and was quite taken with little Thomas especially when he managed to pee all over his daddy as he was trying to change his nappy.

Today's pics were taken when Grandma Brenda and Grandad John visited - all together, aaaahhh.