Brody likes to have his legs stretched out!

We hold Brody skin-to-skin (we pulled the gown closed for the picture) and they call it Kangaroo Care. Russ was holding him tonight and he kept stretching his legs out straight. His foot found Russ' belly button and he was pushing his foot down in it.

Brody gained 70 grams yesterday, so he is 2 pounds, 10 ounces today! He began a course of antibiotics due to a possible mild infection. The bacteria has been showing up on his lab tests for a while, but it is a common bacteria found on everyone's skin. He has been showing a slight increase in white blood cells, so they are going to try to get rid of it before it gets to be a full blown infection. 

Brody was spitting up quite a bit, so they backed off on the amount of fortifier they are adding to his milk. They began adding protein and lipids a couple of days ago, so they stopped that. He is still getting milk fortified with some formula to give him extra nutrients. They will try again after his antibiotics.

We had a video on yesterday's post, but it wasn't working so we will post it on Jenny's facebook. If you aren't on facebook and want us to e-mail it to you, please send an e-mail to rjtiernan@hotmail.com