Monthly Archives: May 2021

The big news is that Barnaby is big. He has officially doubled his birth weight and is creeping up on 6 pounds. He is two months old now and just about two weeks away from his full term due date. The road from here is all about milestones. There is a list of things thatContinue reading “Milestones, Day 61”

Barnaby is 5 lbs 6oz today and about 18 inches tall. He has a sizable second chin and huge cheeks.

Barnaby is in the GDU (growth and development unit) now. On saturday he got put in a real crib and rolled down the hall to a whole other neighborhood where he shares a big room with two other babies. This is a graduation from the solo rooms that are reserved for younger and less stableContinue reading “To The Growth and Development Unit for Mother’s Day, Day 50”

Click play above to listen to Micah Motenko, who is an old friend of Jasmin and wrote this song for Barnaby. We have been humming it nonstop and it’s proven so catchy that nurses in the NICU who have not even heard the recorded version are singing it because they’ve heard Barnaby’s nurses singing it!Continue reading “Barnaby Music”

Barnaby is off CPAP. They decided that he was doing well and it was time to try him breathing completely on his own.  They replaced his feeding tube around that same time and for the first time we got a photo of his little face with nothing taped to it.  In the ebb and flowContinue reading “The Ups and Downs of Breathing, Day 45”

As of yesterday, Barnaby is on a CPAP pressure of 5 cm h2O. This pressure is achieved by literally dipping the outflow tube from his mask five centimeters deep in a cup of water where it bubbles away, keeping a constant air pressure flowing to his lungs that is the equivalent weight of that muchContinue reading “Lowest Possible Respiratory Support, Day 41”