16 days old

Everyone tells us that Trout will grow up so quickly and we'll miss these days of babyhood but I think Rose and I would gladly trade a few precious memories right now and have him be full term. He's just so small and seemingly fragile, until you wrestle him trying to put on his pjs that is, that I at least can't wait until I can refer to how old he is in weeks and then months instead of days. All is going great however despite our worries, he is having apnea and bradycardia episodes much less frequently (like less than 1/day) over the last few days and is putting on weight like a champ. Today we will find out how much (if any) he has grown over the last week both in length and head circumference. He might have shrunk a bit as his head takes on a more normal shape. He is also starting to noticeably round out a bit and put some meat on though he still has no butt to speak of. Rose and I are hanging in there barely, pumping milk thru the night and day every 3 hours, and visiting the NICU every day with our cooler and bags full of bottles and hoses, books, camera, blankets, etc. Everyone at the hospital has been great so far and even the security guards, housekeepers and room service ask us how Trout is doing and wish us luck. We're finally getting a little bit ahead of the curve for milk even though Trout is now eating 40ccs every 3 hours, we've sorta figured out how to change diapers, take his temp, and get him in and out of his isolette, and just barely how to get his tiny fingers into the sleeves of his pjs. He really looks like a regular baby in the clothes he has started wearing the last few days as he gets better at regulating his temp.