day 56

it is day 56...ethan is gestational age of 37 weeks and 1 day.  he was weaned to an open crib yesterday and is doing great.  andy fed him last night and he sucked down almost 2oz in 4 minutes...wow!!  the only thing keeping him from coming home at the moment is that he hasn't pooped on his own in weeks.  they have given him two suppository glycerin chips to clean his system out hoping that he would then continue to poop on his own.  he obviously hasn't yet.  hopefully in the next day or so he will get the excess iron in his system out and begin going on his own again.  i think i mentioned the iron theory...if not...i was taking an iron supp. on top of prenatal vitamins and they are fortifying his breastmilk with iron and giving him vitamins that has iron in it...so that equals a lot of iron for such a small system.  so i stopped taking my supp. and they decreased his amount of the fortifying...so hopefully it helps.  he definitely is working on something.  come on ethan...poop!!!