Day 8 (afternoon): Papa came to see me today at about 4.20pm. Papa said that I was a little quiet at the start of his visit, but that's because I was in deep sleep & spending some quiet time with mummy. The nurses say I have been stable through the morning. My breathing was also regular and no further oxygen was required.

Dr Simon Ng was concerned that I have been too quiet and everyone wants me to cry! So there was some discussion among the doctors to reduce the medicine that I take that makes me feel sleepy. But my body must behave itself, otherwise they will increase the medicine again.

I love milk! Dr Ng says that they are gradually giving me more milk to drink. Today I am up to 35ml /3hrs. Dr Ng says that once I am able to drink 50ml of milk, they will allow me to suck milk from a bottle! Then I can say goodbye to the yucky tube that is sticking into my throat. So far he says my sucking and swallowing are a little weak at the moment, and I am finding it hard to breathe and swallow at the same time. I will train up very hard to do this well, otherwise they won't allow me to go home to papa.

Papa went home at about 6pm today, and I was feeling so lonely, though papa did say that mummy was with me all the time. I tried yawning, stretching and even opening my eyes to get his attention, hoping he would stay a little longer. In the end, all the activity just made me more hungry again, and I started hiccupping and couldn't stop! In the end, the nurse came to change my diapers and feed me more milk. I will see papa again tomorrow.