Just a quickie update for now, I have MUCH to say, but I am due for another nursing attempt in 10 minutes.. But Miss Vivi Lee Boom- Boom is now a whopping 2234 grams.. 4 lbs 14 oz!!! Holy big giant baby!!!! We are more and more successful bottle feeding and at this stage, she loooves being near my breast, licks, squeezes, latches on, gives a few strong SUCKS, and then smiles and falls asleep. I am a giant pacifier. We are working on it... Sigh.. I think once we are home and are having more snuggle time, more skin to skin kangaroo snuggles and less rigid schedule of the NICU, we will be successful with nursing.. But until then...
Vic and I are making the mad dash for the last home preparations for Baby, I am totally terrified of reality that is about to hit.... We Have A Baby!!! NOW WHAT??!!! We will be getting discharged pretty much any day now, but first we need to successfully eat via baba or booby for a full 24 hours without getting tired and needing to finish a bottle via feeding tube. We are so close. . .
Baby had her eyes dilated and then checked... You know those creepy eyelid opener thing from Clockwork Orange? Looking at the picture now.. it really wasn't that bad... but as a Mama, it seemed that way... Little baby screamed and cried BUT!!! Baby's eyes were cleared of ROP!!! She has passed another hurdle... And she is perfect... her big eyes are perfect... SUCH a huge relief.... something Vic and I were definitely stressing about. The little bug will most likely need glasses one day, but that was very likely even before she was conceived.. Ha!! And I think last night she was to have her ears checked. More results on that later.. but I feel that she will be just fine... Oh sweet little baby....
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| mini- chunky monkey <3 still workin' on that coco... |
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| good job daddy! |
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| sleeping sweetly... this photo was taken during bottle time... *sigh* still working on the schedule.. |
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