SUCCESS!!!

Truman was successful at nursing today for the first time! I think he would have gotten it even quicker but was getting frustrated by having to try so hard and not getting rewarded right away... hmm my kid be impaitient yeah right... So after being frustrated that he wasn't getting anything last week, we decided to discuss it with Kara the OT speaking of which who knew Ocupational Therepists helped with Breastfeeding? I certainly didn't... anyways so we asked Kara what she thought of me pumping a little before feeding Truman (just enoiugh so he would get milk and an "Instant Reward" right after he started. She thought this was a good idea but of course being my kid he was starving right that second or he thought he was haha. So instead we used a syringe and gave him a little milk from the syringe everytime he sucked which was kinda working then we decided to try a shield wich helps him to get milk quicker. This lead to almost Imediate success YEA!! He then continued to eat for about 10 minutes took a small break and ate again another few minutes. We didn't really expect to take off the way he did so we didn't weigh him before we started (so we knew how much milk he got to adjust his NG Tube feeding) so we kinda guessed about 17mls of his 29ml feeding. I went back up tonight to try again and of course snuggle! Again he did awesome this time we used the scale and he got 16mls of his feeding from me... I'm so proud of him. He is just incredible and is doing so well in every aspect. I love hearing health care profesionals call him a star. The OT was also impressed with his motor skills... and his fiesty personality obviously haha. We are so grateful to be blessed with such a great baby and that he is so healthy and strong... These experiences are such Testimony builders. Truman is absolutly the greatest blessing in our life and we love him so much!!