Monday, November 29, 2010

Two Pounds :)

Day 44

Emma has reached the two pound mark!  She hit 910 grams last night and is going strong.  Her feeds were increased to 5.5 mL/hour and she is doing great with them.  So as long as she keeps her feeding tube in her mouth and doesn't pull it out, she'll keep on gaining. :) 

The doctors haven't made too many changes lately.  She is still doing well on the nasal cannula so it seems like now all she has to do is continue to grow!  When she's a kilo, we can start to swaddle her; when she's 1200 grams, she can start wearing clothes; and when she's 1800 grams, they'll try her in an open-air bassinet.  At 34-35 weeks adjusted age, they'll try bottle feeding her (she'll be 30 weeks tomorrow).  So lots more to look forward to in the coming weeks! 

3 comments:

  1. HOORAY for 2 pounds! This is an awesome milestone, Emma, so keep up the great work now. I added a "sympathetic 2" over the Thanksgiving holiday just to show my solidarity with you... =) Big hugs and kisses!

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  2. Yes, no news IS good news, and 2 lbs is great news. Pretty soon Emma will be pumping iron.

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