Daddy Day

Anna got some really nice Kangaroo time with Daddy today and she was lovin' every minute of it! I'm not sure if Daddy was heating Anna or if Anna was heating Daddy but both were a a couple of Dutch ovens by the end of the session. How cute...

Anna did really well with her breathing trial last night. They kept her on for 8 hours instead of 6 hours. She did however start to get a little tired so they decided to let her take the rest of the day off and put her back on si-pap (no weaning for the remainder of the day). She will probably go back to her weaning schedule starting tomorrow, but not such long hours at a time. More like 4 hours off, 8 hours on si-pap. We did get a chance to talk to the doctor tonight and he mentioned that he thinks she might be completely weaned within the next week or so. I guess once it happens it happens fast.

She is 1303 grams today which is a slight loss, but I suspect it's from the explosive poo that Daddy cleaned up right before her weigh in. :) She is up to 19mL feeds and is tolerating them really well. She loves blowing milk bubbles after each feed!

We are really anxious to have her home, especially now that we see how well she is doing and how fast she is growing. But I just have to tell myself that I can't have her until October, so that way if she comes before then GREAT! But if she doesn't, then I'm used to the fact that it will have to be October. After all, that was when we were supposed to have her in the first place; October 4th at 38 weeks and 3 days gestation.

Here's Miss Piggy (from the nose prongs) sucking on her hand, so cute...seems like today was definitely a "suckie" day! We finally managed to track one down for her later on before we left and she was just such a happy little girl sleeping with her suckie.



She has a big day tomorrow, if things go as planned, she's hopefully meeting Great Grandma and Great Auntie for the first time ever!

Marta & Arthur