26 CCs

Carter had another AMAZING day. First, he took 12 cc's out of a bottle for his therapist this morning. That's the most he's ever taken for her, so she was quite proud. I went up tonight and he took another 14 for me. Hopefully he can start to build a little more stamina to take more at each feeding.

Michael talked to the nurse practitioner today, and she told us that they still think that Carter has acid reflux even though the test didn't show it. They are going to continue to treat him for it, and see what happens. Right now it sounds like they are leaning toward sending him home with an NG tube which is a tube that goes into his nose and down into his stomach. Michael and I will have to learn how to place it in case Carter pulls it out. No problem... if it means that Carter can come home then we can handle it. The NP also told us that the thing that we need to concentrate on most is getting Carter to keep improving on the bottle. He can come home as soon as he has shown that he can take a lot of his food from it.

He did another amazing thing today. Tonight I was holding him in a sitting position to practice his head control, and he actually held his head up by himself for quite a long time. He did it three separate times. If he can keep improving on that, it will mean that he's not too far behind on that milestone. Carter says NO to developmental delay. I'm telling you... this kid's amazing!