Brooklyn is doing AMAZING! She now weights 4 lbs 10 oz. she is getting bigger every day. Over the weekend. She took her first bottle. When my son was born we didn't think twice about sticking a bottle in his mouth or nursing him. Oh my, how things are different with a preemie. There are so many things to watch for. It is a little nerve racking to feed her right now. On Saturaday the doctor finally said we could try a bottle. Brook has been showing feeding cues for a while, but she is so young and has had other issues going on. The nurse was so helpful, she stood beside us the whole feeding to make sure we were holding Brook just right and making sure she tolerated the feeding. Brook did awesome. She took almost half. We were very excited with how we'll she did. For now, we are just doing one bottle a day until she can learn how to eat better. We do not want to overstimulate her with feelings. The therapy team will be in later today to work with us on techniques to help with feeding. It is just crazy how different it is than feeding a full term baby. Taking full feeding is one of the last major mile stones to accomplish before we go home. We still have a few weeks left, but we are starting it see an end to this extended stay.
Now that there is an end in sight we are starting to prepare to bring Brook home. Before I was admitted to the hospital, we had done NOTHING to prepare for this baby. Week days are crazy. There is almost no time at home. That leaves us with a couple of weekends to juggle feeding and preparing a nursery. We we working hard to have things ready. We have finally picked out a paint color and will be painting this week. I will post pictures as things come together.
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