So far Aubrey seems to be doing well with the rice formula. She didn't have any spit ups or episodes last night. The nurse said she pretty much slept all night.
As Aubrey was sleeping on my chest last evening, I stared and stared at her, awed at how much I loved her. This little perfect human being, half me and half the other person I love most on the planet, is the coolest thing to ever happen to me. A realization came to me suddenly and instinctively--from here on out I will hunt down and seek to destroy anything or anyone that tries to bring her harm. I am fiercely protective of her. I know now why they say to back away from bear cubs--the mama bear is never far away and she WILL fight for her babies. I am the mama bear.
Even though I would protect Aubrey with my life, I don't want to be overprotective...there's a difference, and Adam and I have talked about it. We want her to be safe, but we don't want her to be completely insulated from the world. She needs to have friends and play outside and get dirty, have a scraped knee occasionally, go to sleep overs and get into tussles with her boy cousins. I want to teach her to make chocolate chip cookies and about classic rock, and I want Adam to teach her how to use a drill and start a campfire. I can't wait to be able to do all of those things with her and more, and watch her discover the world and grow into the awesome little person I know she will be.
-Keli
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6p.m.
I got to snuggle with my sweetie (the little one) for a long time today. Adam read to her while she sat with me and tried to stay awake. She wiggled and fussed, and then we smelled her. :) So after she got a clean diaper, she took a little nap. Then she woke up and wiggled and fussed some more, so I changed a wet diaper and she went back to sleep. I'm so glad to see that she's doing "normal" baby things, like fussing when she needs a new diaper; she has also discovered that she does not approve of being hungry. Right as we were getting ready to leave she was getting really ticked off. Since it was getting close to time for her feeding to start, I gathered that she was hungry...I popped her pacifier in her mouth and that seemed to calm her down until the nurse came in to start her feeding. She had a good day and was still doing well with the formula--still no spit ups or episodes. Oh yes--the ultrasound she had on her little noggin yesterday came back fine. :)
-Keli
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| like her daddy, she does NOT like being hungry |
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| she did well keeping the paci in while waiting on her feeding to start |
I was just wondering have the doctors checked to see if Aubrey has any form of lactose intolerance
ReplyDeletewe asked about things like that--could what i was eating be causing problems? but the drs said she really wasn't getting any lactose (a miniscule amount from whatever milk i had on my cereal in the morning). the majority of preemies as early as she was have bad reflux because their muscles just aren't as developed as they should be.
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