Preemie clothing will be too small soon.

Maximilian had a good day today. At his weigh in, he came in at a whopping 2069g (4lbs9oz). That means that he's surpassing the 10-30g per day that they like to see in terms of weight gain in children in his condition. We could not be more proud. He still absolutely hates the CPAP, and is a bit cranky with things like "being touched" and "being changed", but had a good, stable day. He still had a few dips here and there, but came out of them very well. His feeds increased to 38ml, so he had a bit of spit-up, and a bit of a dip afterwards. This is most likely because he's eating so much now and his tummy still has to play catch up with his increased size.

He had a few visitors today and he got to open his eyes for Vóvó, which made her quite happy. He also had his great great-aunt Shelley visit. He was very polite, if a bit quiet for the both of them.  He had another visitor in the form of the eye doctor.  His eyes are still good and they'll follow up again next week, as is common with children spending so much time on ventilation.

All in all, today was another stable day with Max. We're very proud of his weight gain and can't wait until his next weigh-in on Thursday. Rafael guesses that he'll be at 2134g and Brienne guesses 2173g. Only time will tell who's correct.  Knowing Max, he'll beat both of our expectations.