Opposite Day 3/11/13
Melissa
Overnight Hattie ate 37 cc from a bottle at 1:30 a.m. and was gavage fed at 4:30 a.m. Hattie's feeds were opposite from usual today. She slept through both of her daytime hands-on times, usually the times when she is alert and rooting. She ate all but 9 cc from her bottle at 10:30 a.m. and then we kangarooed. I nursed her at 4:30 p.m. and she ate 10 cc and received the remaining 33 cc through her feeding tube. Hattie ate her whole bottle for me at 7:30 p.m. Chris was at work very, very late tonight so I got a little taste of single mommy hood. Chris got to the hospital as Hattie was falling asleep with 5 cc left in her 10:30 p.m. bottle. He held her for about thirty minutes and could hardly keep his eyes open so we decided we needed to go home to get some rest.
We are so happy Hattie is back to her sweet, spunky self. We do feel like she lost some momentum with her nipple feeding as a result of the fortifier change. Hopefully over the next few days she will regain her stamina and be able to eat more full bottles.
Hattie weighs 2,265 grams, or 4 pounds, 15.86 ounces. I can't believe our tiny baby is almost five pounds!
Thank you for celebrating Parents of Preemies Day with us yesterday. We participated in the Twitter chat and were encouraged by the hundreds of other preemie parents walking a similar journey. We also received several text messages and Facebook posts from family and friends--we appreciate your love and support so, so much.