A Busy Day
Emma continues to do really well with her feeds... she was able to take 3/4 of her milk by bottle today (1/4 by gavage) and had another good try at breastfeeding. She's shown some interest in nursing, but like most preemies, Emma tends to fall asleep and doesn't have enough sucking power to really get any milk on her own. She'll likely need another week or two (she's currently 34 weeks) before she can really start breast feeding--but even then, it will have to be supplemented with bottles or the NG tube.
The team is also trying to slowly wean her off oxygen, so she was "tested" a few times today by removing the nasal prongs entirely. Her nurse also changed her NG tube this afternoon, so I took the opportunity to snap a photo of her beautiful face, completely tube-free:
Emma also had her first Mom-assisted bath today.... until now, the night nurse has always been bathing her (mostly because it tends to be a bit less hectic in the NICU/SCN overnight), but today, Mom was able to join in the fun :)
Eric reports that Emma was more sleepy and lethargic this evening (she also had a couple of spells while he was there). Hopefully, this was just because she had such a busy day, and is not the first indication of an infection, something we still have to be concerned about.
The team is also trying to slowly wean her off oxygen, so she was "tested" a few times today by removing the nasal prongs entirely. Her nurse also changed her NG tube this afternoon, so I took the opportunity to snap a photo of her beautiful face, completely tube-free:
Emma also had her first Mom-assisted bath today.... until now, the night nurse has always been bathing her (mostly because it tends to be a bit less hectic in the NICU/SCN overnight), but today, Mom was able to join in the fun :)
Eric reports that Emma was more sleepy and lethargic this evening (she also had a couple of spells while he was there). Hopefully, this was just because she had such a busy day, and is not the first indication of an infection, something we still have to be concerned about.
posted by Laurie at 22:54
5 Comments:
Great pictures - what a cutie she is! And hair, too! Tristan will be jealous. ;-) Congrats on the bottle feeding. I hope she gets strong enough for bf very soon.
WOW>>>Miranda just walked in and started owwwing and awwwing...She said to tell both of you she is just gorgeous and I agree. LOL!
She's too cute and sucking back the feedings too...YOU GO HOOVER GIRL! I hear a song in that.
HUGS
Sharon and Miranda
I think you need to have a little competition for the best caption to go along with the bathing pic ;-)
What a joy to see Emma in the tub and having a sweet little nap. She is certainly on a mission towards getting herself home.
What a beautiful face she has. I cannot wait until you have a full view of it...permanently!
Now, despite what you say, I know, yes know, that you purposely spiked little Emma's hair like that simply to taunt me, didn't you. Didn't you I say!
:~)
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