Coburn Kids

Well well, let’s see what there is to report now that Caden is 18 weeks old and has been home for 2 weeks.  He is now 9lb. 2oz.’s. He still takes only about 1/2 his feeding by bottle and the other by his NG tube. His sisters continue to adore him, this boy never lacks for attention.  We’ve had his pictures taken, he’s seen his home health nurse 3 times, he’s been to the pediatrician, his ROP test at Primary Children’s was a 3 hour ordeal but he’s at Stage 3 still but Zone 3 for his eyes… excellent.  His nurse is coming out this Thursday. He has Early Childhood Intervention coming out Friday morning, later that day he has another pediatrician appointement. (Remember, we’ve been told not to expose him to too many people, go too many places per his discharge papers…. HA!) Dec. 19th we go for his 2nd synagis shot. That same week we are in for another ROP test on Dec. 21st, and we still need to make another appointment with his plastic/craniofacial surgeon Dr. Warnock. He has his palate prosthesis appointment with Dr. Y on Jan. 7th then his big surgery day for his lip and his hernia on Jan. 14th!

He’s such a cutie though, doesn’t get up much at night.  He’s a grunter but my mom gave us a video monitor which has been heaven sent so I can check up on him but not have to hear him all through the night!  His forumula seems to be costing a fortune. It’s about $15 a can but we have to concentrate it more to bring it up to 24 calories. 20 calories is normal, 22 you can buy in the store. We go through about a can every 3 days since he takes about 2-3 oz. a feeding. Maybe I’m just being introduced to how expensive formula feeding is!!  $150 a month right now. Too bad there’s no “generic” high calorie formulas out there.