Only one more week until Aidan's original due date

It's really wild to think that if Denyse's water hadn't broke in July, Aidan still may not even be born yet. Next Friday 11/21, is Aidan's original due date. Yesterday at the pediatrician, Aidan weighed 6 lbs 8.5 oz. It's hard to imagine him still being inside; Denyse would have been huge! Next Friday, Aidan will have a corrected age of 0!

Yesterday morning we took Aidan to the pediatrician for another oximetry test. His lungs have definitely improved. He only dipped below 90% a couple times, and didn't drop below 85 at all while he was off the oxygen. After the test, we (with the pediatrician) decided to no longer increase Aidan's oxygen to 50 ml for feedings and car rides, and just leave him at 25 ml all the time. A first step towards weaning him from the home oxygen!

Some pictures and videos of the last few days...

Aidan is wearing a monitor belt around his chest with the heart monitor leads on it. This makes him look really stocky like a miniature football player:



And at times, he looks like John Goodman:



Play this, and you'll see I'm right.



Tummy time!



OR, "These lights are freaking me out, man!" You decide which:



Denyse walked around today with Aidan in a Moby Wrap:







So I had to try:





In the last couple days, Aidan appears to be interacting with his surroundings for the first time. Here is the first time we saw him play.



Or maybe he is just flailing his arms around and they accidentally hit his toys.

More pictures from the last few days: