Toler attempts to wean himself

Toler's continued progression is encouraging as always.  He is now showing signs that he will be ready for a bottle soon which means one less wire.  Preemies typically cannot take a bottle, swallow, and breath at the same time until around the 34th gestational week, however as Toler is in between his 32nd and 33rd week he will soon be ready to try.

One less wire is also welcome as our little man is now quite adept at pulling out his oxygen tube, feeding tube, and heart monitor wires.  We have come in for cares to find his oxygen tube in his mouth (suppose to be in his nostrils).  This however is nice to know his stats are not effected by his 'self weaning' efforts. 

As you can tell, if our biggest complaint is regarding extra active hands we are very lucky parents.  That said onto more pics.

Another cute outfit from Aunt Anna

You guessed it, Aunt Anna knows how to outfit a nephew

The aforementioned 'active hands'

Learning to use a paci

Thank you all for your continued support!

Love,
Steve, Emily and our little stinker