Dominic is now 6 days old

I can't believe it's almost been a week already. It's gone so fast and yet feels like a lifetime ago that our baby was born. In just 6 days Dominic has come so far and made us so proud already, I can't imagine what's more to come. He's been doing great off the ventilator and his coloring is looking so much better. He doesn't fuss and cry unless people are poking and prodding him or he's got a reason to be mad, so we hope he stays this content! Yesterday was the first time he was crying a lot, and he would just sleep and then wake up and start crying real loud and upset and couldn't be consoled. He did that all day, and after we left from visiting him his nurse said he cried for 3 straght hours. I felt terrible and told the nurse to write it down that whenever Dominic was that upset to call me and I'd come right over to hold him. I know sometimes he'll just be upset but I'd rather be there for him than not. Turns out, the nurses and Doctors (and us) think he's just hungry and maybe has gas. Poor thing isn't eating anything yet, and while he's getting all his nutrition through an IV, nothing is going into his little belly and he just must be so hungry. We'll put the binky in his mouth and he'll suck on it real hard for a minute until he realizes nothing is coming out of it, and then he's mad again. I feel so bad for him, but there's nothing we can do to help him. His bile is still being sucked out of his tummy and today it was lighter in color (positive sign) and there's less of it (another positive sign) so if it keeps going down in volume he'll be able to start eating soon. We're not holding our breath for that, but let's just hope and pray for the best =). Today he's been much more calm and relaxed. I go in every morning by myself and hold him for a couple of hours and yesterday he cried almost the whole time, but today he slept in my arms the whole time. The nurse said he keeps pulling out his tube that sucks the bile from his tummy and they've had to put it back in a couple times today. It usually goes in his mouth but the nurse thought if she put it through his nose he wouldn't pull it out but he just wouldn't allow her to put it there. She tried 3 times and he fought her off each time. Our little fighter =). He's doing much better today and is sleeping right now, so I'm happy.

I'll update later, thanks for the thoughts and prayers!!