more of what you want

This will have to be brief. The cycle of eating is about to begin anew. Every two hours he is fed. And I can tell by the smell the food has produced something.

Feeding with tube using donor milk (see below)

Cord rotting. Cord is 'tied' with new rubber band gizmo very similar to a castrator on the farm.
Donor Milk from the bank near where Hannah's parents live. Below is what you do with donor milk - feed it to the baby. The milk is sucked into the syringe then pushed through a feeding tube taped to the finger (index for mother, pinky for father). As the baby suckles about 1 mL at a time is dispensed. We need to feed him about 30 mL per feeding. He has lost 9% of his body weight since birth. Most of this was in the first 12 hours when he basically didn't get much if any food. Hannah is producing lots of colustrum, the precursor to milk, but Oscar is having trouble suckling mostly because of tongue placement. Our lactation specialist Arlinda visited today offering much good advice. This evening Oscar is doing well suckling. All indications are Hannah will be producing milk tomorrow. This typically takes place 2-3 days after birth.

Tomorrow we have another visit to check his weight. And Sunday we have a 3 day check-up at home.

Thanks for all the well wishes. Get some sleep for us please!