Hungry like the Wolf

David was pretty fussy last night and this morning, it just seemed like he wouldn't go much past 30 minutes without letting out a pretty crazy yell, scream, or cry. I know many of the parents out there right now are saying, "And your point is?" I'm with you, I know that baby's get fussy and sleep is something you learn to live without. What was hard for us last night and early this morning was that we have not been able to feed David since the first day he was born and he didn't eat anything. It was difficult for us to know exactly what our son needed but also knew that we couldn't give it to him. I think on the grander scale of life we see that everyday, people who can't give their child those things they need to sustain them whether it be food, clothing, shelter, or love. Some of it is by choice and others by actions but for many like us we have the ability but couldn't because of outside circumstances. Needless to say we were ecstatic when we were able to feed him. We both have gotten to take turns holding the bottle trying to give him the nourishment that Nicole has worked so hard for, I mean literally since David has been born she has been expressing regularly (for those of you who aren't down with all the baby lingo that means pumping) sometimes she brought out a couple of drops, other times ounces but she has always tried and been true to do what she could to help David out in that way.

So this is where your prayers come in, he is hungry and he is trying to eat but that whole swallowing thing has thrown him for a loop, just pray that the nurses and specialists work with him and his natural instincts kick in because I fully believe that is the major thing that is going to hold us back from going home earlier than we thought. On the nice side it has been nice knowing that we are able to feed him and change his diapers. Literally these small things continually make us happy that we get to do something that reminds us that we are the parents of this beautiful baby boy.

-D