Little miss had another good night. She was back down to room air (21% oxygen, nothing extra) this morning and was doing well. She did spit up once during the night, but is handling the feedings ok otherwise. She's now up to a hefty 2lbs 8oz--still counting the IV/board, but that still means that she gained 2 ounces on her own in 24 hours. Grow, baby, grow!
Dr. Sharpe might possibly have implied yesterday that Aubrey is high maintenance. At first I bristled, but when I thought about it I realized that he's right. But, she's supposed to be high maintenance right now--she can't do anything on her own yet. He said that's the norm with preemies her size, and that from what he's seen from years of doing this and thousands of babies usually the ones that are high maintenance as babies turn out to be mellow teenagers. We can only hope. :)
-Keli
7p.m.
It was a good afternoon. Aubrey behaved herself for the most part, remembering to do important things like breathe and digest her food. ;) She dropped her oxygen a few times like normal, always bringing it back up herself before she could get into trouble with me or her nurse. I held her for a while with my mom there. She makes the cutest little squeaking and grunting noises when I hold her. She's starting to fill out so much and look more like what a non-preemie baby would look like. She went up in diaper size today! the extra-small preemie diapers she had been wearing just got too small, but the regular preemie size she has on now are still too big. They have to be folded down, but it's a step up! I'm beginning to think that she might actually have one of those cute little chub rolls on her legs one day...I can dream, right?
-Keli
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