Jayd's First Feeding

After patiently waiting for many long hours and allowing Tauni some time to bond with Coen and get him familiar with her, I was finally able to hold my little man for his 8 PM feeding, Friday January 6th 2007, just hours before he completed his third day of life.

I will admit that I was very nervous to hold him because of the IV in his scalp and the many monitors connected to his body. Fortunately, my nerves were quickly put to ease once I was able to hold my son (that feels so weird to say, 'my son'). Coen is still on limited food, so the actual feeding only took about 15 seconds. This kid just sucks down the small amounts of food that he is allowed. What's amazing is that when the food is gone, instead of crying out of hunger, he watches as Tauni or the nurse take the bottle away. It's as if he is thinking "hey, what's up? that was just the appetizer, right?". He then waits for the bottle to come back, before realizing that he is out of luck, fussing for a bit, then cranking on his soother. After he eats, he is typically very alert for about 20 minutes until he drifts off to sleep. Now that he can be wrapped up, he loves being a little burrito and being pressed up close to his mom or dad's body. He is such a good baby.

This picture shows how awesome to was to hold him as he just looked up at his daddy before falling asleep:
I took care of the 2 AM feeding last night as well so Tauni could get some sleep. I was able to hold him for about 90 minutes until watching him sleep nearly put me to sleep as well. This little kid is awesome. He's our miracle baby.