Morgan Smiling

Hi everyone. I just wanted to post a couple of pictures of Morgan smiling. He has been laughing and smiling quite a bit lately but it seems like every time I get my camera ready he has stopped. Morgan seems to laugh and smile quite a bit when Brad talks to him and tickles him. I finally got a good one of him smiling today. Morgan is still doing well. We went to the ophthalmologist and the ROP continues to regress nicely so we don't have to go back until November! I have been scheduling appointments for Morgan with the physical therapist and the developmental doctor to make sure he is developing on pace. My only concern right now is that he really really favors turning his head to the right side which is causing the right side to be flat so we are trying to only hold him in our right arm so he has to turn his head to the left to look at us. It is hard to keep his head to the left when he is strong enough to move it. Other than that he is doing well and getting big! He is also starting to "talk" more which is quite cute!

"2 Months Old"

I just wanted to give a quick update to let everyone know that Morgan is still doing well. It's hard to believe he has been home for 6 weeks now and that it has been 2 months since his due date! He is up to 10 pounds 6 ounces and we have been giving him breaks from his oxygen recently to see how he does and he has been doing pretty well. He is usually around 97-98% while awake and around 94-96% while sleeping so hopefully he can come off of oxygen for good soon. He will come off of the apnea monitor when the oxygen is gone. It will be so nice to be able to carry him around without any cords or tubing! He has his swallow study this Wednesday so hopefully he can start eating formula without thickener, the thickener starts to get expensive. Morgan still only likes to sleep either in his bouncy seat or while we are holding him. Sometimes he will sleep in his car seat for a while if he falls asleep in the car. I am going to try to transistion him to his crib for naps, at least start putting him in his crib to get him used to it.

Morgan is getting huge

Hi everyone. Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I am lucky if I get a shower everyday let alone post on the blog. Morgan is doing awesome. He is up to 9 pounds 11 ounces!! He is huge and eating very well. It took a while once he got home to get him eating like he should but now he is on his way. We went to the lung doctor today and he was very pleased with his weight gain and said we could start weaning his oxygen at home to see how he does. We have a machine at the house that will tell us his oxygenation levels like the one at the hospital. Every time I check his O2 he is sating at 100 so I know he can be bumped down. I am really hoping we can come off of the oxygen and apnea monitor in the next couple of weeks. The monitor hasn't gone off in over a week since Morgan has started eating better. Morgan's eyes are also doing very well. The right eye has completely corrected itself and the left eye is getting better. We go back to the ophthalmologist in 3 weeks and hopefully after that we won't have to go back again for 6 months. I love how he gets older our appointments get fewer and farther between!