Leah weighed in last night at 4 lbs. 7.3 ounces. I asked the nurse twice, because I couldn't believe that she had continued to gain between an ounce and 3 ounces each night! As a result of her continuous weight gain and her ability to keep her body temperature, she got to move to an open crib this morning. It literally brought tears to my eyes to see her in her new bed.
She is taking a bottle here and there; she is spending a lot of her time sleeping. The nurses and doctors say that it is a function of her gestational age (35 weeks last Friday, real age 4 weeks today). She knows how, she just doesn't quite have the stamina yet. Hopefully, this week, it will all come together for her and she will be taking more of her bottles.
Even while sleeping, she is fun to watch. She has a great smile! Leah smiles frequently while sleeping. (I wonder what she is dreaming about.) It is also fun to watch her with Quin. Whenever he is around and she is awake her eyes follow him and his voice. Now that she is out of her isolette, she can't kick her feet out any more. She has to wear her clothes in addition to being swaddled in two blankets to keep her body temperature up. She seems to be adjusting well though, because she got mad at me today when I went to unswaddle her.
It is also a little noisy now that she is out of the isolette. (In the NICU, they have 4-5 babies in each of the rooms , so with their monitors dinging, the nurses coming in and out and occasional crying, it can be pretty chaotic.)When we get her home, I think that we are going to have to make it a little noisier around here to get her to sleep!
Yea! What a great report. With all that sleeping and eating, Leah's going to hit the 5 lb. mark in NO TIME!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's already been 4 weeks. You guys are making it look easy, but I know you must be pretty well exhausted. I'm thinking about you!
When we pulled in to the driveway yesterday afternoon, you had someone visiting who had a baby. Cooper and Emmie saw the baby and said, "Is that Leah? Is that LEAH!?!?" It was really sweet. :o)