Preemie Parenting

After three days of having Liam at home, we are realizing that the goal for parenting a preemie is the exact opposite of the goal for parenting a full-term. You see, we never worried about how much Megan was eating. In fact, when we first brought her home she was waking up every two hours or so to eat. Our main concern was how to get her to SLEEP. But for Liam, our main concern is getting him to EAT. We sometimes have to wake him up just to eat. And then we practically force feed him a huge amount of food (2-3% of his body weight every 4 hours!). But it seems to be working. Our little prize fighter weighed in at 5 lb 10.5 oz at today's weigh-in, for a three and a half ounce weight gain in three days. He is right on track to regain his birthweight by the two week goal, which is Sunday. We go for a re-weigh on Tuesday.