Daniel is 30 days old

Day of life 30
Weight: 1435g (3 pounds 2 ounces)


It's been pretty stressful in the NICU the last few days. Daniel is still growing super well, but he has had some episodes of not getting enough oxygen, which sets off his alarms and gets him very pale and blue/grey looking. It's horrible to watch but makes it even harder to leave him every evening. He pulls out of it okay, usually with some extra oxygen for a few minutes, and the nurses have been watching him extra close.

Today a nurse sucked some humongous boogers out of his nose, and he's been better with his oxygen levels since then, so maybe that was what was in the way of his breathing and sucking it out will be the magic trick! We'll see how he does the rest of today and the next few days.

On the upside, his afternoon has been great and he seemed to really enjoy his bath today.

Also, today he would be 37 weeks, which is full-term! It doesn't change anything, but it's a bit of an age milestone in the NICU. He is now a 'term baby'.