We have been insisting that they cup feed Renzo and just this morning, Feli and I made a call to TMC to enquire on his status as we did daily since his admission. The friendly nurse updated us on his lowering jaundice level (19.9 to 13.2 to 8.5) and that lil' Renzo Chan have been eating, peeing and pooping well. So as ordered by Dr Ong, we are clear to bring Renzo home.
Excitedly, we packed all the necessities into the TMC bag that we were issued when Feli discharged last Friday and, along with Feli's mum, hopped onto a CityCab to rush down to see Renzo ASAP. It was a cruelly long half hour cab ride but at least it gave me time to think through my discussions with Feli over these few days while Renzo was in the care of TMC staffs... Both of us agreed that despite the fact that total breastfeeding has many perks and health benefits to both mummy and baby, our primary objective now is to ensure that Renzo has sufficient milk, formula or not. So I guess it is inevitable that we start introducing formula milk into Renzo's diet, considering the other plus point is that by feeding Renzo with formula milk, we can more accurately gauge Renzo's consumption volume based on the markings on the milk bottle.
So we reached TMC again, the third time in just a short span of one week. Routinely, we took our temperatures and exchanged our IDs for the pass cards that allowed access to floors above the ground floor. We took the lift from lobby C and signed in at the 4th storey entrance to the nursery where our precious Renzo's jaundice lowering "sun-tanning studio" was located. I peaked through the glass window that separated us and there laid Renzo, in one of the light tube-filled chambers. (on a side note, those chambers did kinda remind me of the budget honeycomb hotel thingy in Japan.. LoL)
Feli stepped into the room to settle the paperwork while me and my mother-in-law stood there, watching the nurse dress up Renzo. Our baby looked a lot like X-Men leader Cyclops wearing those little cloth shade designed to protect the eyes while baby is under the light tubes. So when the nurse was done cleaning and dressing up, we took him back home again... (No payment needed as it will be deducted off the deposit we put back then.. in fact, there will be a refund payment cos the bills is less than the deposit...haha...)
Anyway, so we brought a healthier Renzo back home and happily bathe and fed him (both formula milk and expressed milk... for those who don't know expressed milk is milk pump from mummy and kept in storage for later feeding).
And for records, I finally mastered cradling Renzo in the "Football Hold".
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