We went to visit Max today at our regular time in the afternoon. Max was still breathing well on his own and was very calm when we got there. We broke through this calm soon afterward to change his diaper, but he dealt with it well. The nurses had placed an indwelling feeding tube in his nose, which meant that feeding him today was going to be a lot easier, and with less fuss due to the fact that he wouldn't have to gag on a more temporary feeding tube inserted in his mouth.
Before his feed, we decided that today was going to be a good day to attempt some kangaroo holding with mum. Max took to it very well. So well in fact, that some instinctual part of him turned on and he started moving his mouth and head about looking for something to suck on. We were thinking of finding the pacifier at first, but the nurse assumed there was no harm in trying to see how he'd take to trying for a real nipple. So, after a bit of encouragement, Max was at the breast, all the while breathing beautifully and sucking quite well. He wasn't sucking well enough to get any milk, but this was his first time and we couldn't expect that just yet. He did really really well with it and there may have been some tears in dad and mum's eyes. Maybe. Mum and Max cuddled for quite some time afterwards until Max decided that he needed to be changed. The whole time, he was very calm and very settled. He seems to be getting a lot better at everything expected of a baby and he's just cuter and cuter every day.
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