Four Pounds! 2/22/13
Melissa
When I arrived at hospital this morning Nurse Kristi was sitting in Hattie's room holding her. She quickly handed her over to me. What a sweet surprise it was that I got to hold my baby in her swaddle the second I walked in the door! Hattie and I are continuing to work on breastfeeding. She was rooting around and going to town on her paci before we got started. She nursed this afternoon and ate 14 cc! She received the rest through her feeding tube while we kangarooed.
A developmental specialist from the hospital came to Hattie's room and did a class about preemies and what to expect with Hattie's development as she grows. She gave us a lot of information (we have two folders chock full of printouts and pamphlets about preemie development) and a few helpful tips. We had a hard time keeping our eyes open while she was talking as the class seemed to be geared more toward parents who are starting from scratch and haven't spent a lot of time in the NICU with their baby. We are with Hattie so much we already know a lot about her personality.
Hattie passed another milestone today; she hit four pounds! Our little piggy weighs 1,816 grams, or 4 pounds, .05 ounces. She barely snuck into the four pound mark but we'll take it! Her feeds also increased to 33 cc.
Chris and Hattie kangarooed tonight. We cannot believe how in love with Hattie we are. I have never loved someone the way I love her and every day I fall more and more in love. We are in awe of her strength and her cuteness is all we talk about! Chris and I find ourselves in the middle of a conversation about something else and then one of us will say ooooh, wasn't it cute when Hattie did this or that? Or sometimes we'll just blurt out into silence how much we love her.
