Kevin has been very busy lately. He spent most of last night and all of this morning preparing for Kinley to come home. (I would have loved to help, but I had to work instead.) Last night Kevin assembled the swing, bouncy chair, and baby monitor. This morning he was getting the car ready, put together the play yard and packed for our stay overnight with Kinley. He also went shopping for a video monitor for Kinley. We both agreed that it would be too hard to have Kinley in her room with only a sound monitor after being so used to having her hooked up to every monitor imaginable while she was in the hospital for so long. Instead of the video monitor, we decided on a co-sleeper for now. Kevin and I are getting a little anxious about leaving Kinley alone in her room so soon after being discharged. Give us a little time though and I am sure we will work things out. We are still new at this parenting thing even though she is almost 3 months old now.
Anita is here to take care of Kinley today. She informed us that as of last night Kinley weighs 11 lbs 1.4 ounces! She is getting so big. Kinley has been taking on average, about half of her bottle feedings and then getting the rest through her NG tube. It has been working out pretty good since Kinley is throwing up less and gaining weight like she is supposed to be. Hopefully we can get her to take a little more orally though. That would be really nice.
Kinley did exceptionally well with her 2 pm feeding today and took 83 ccs. Way to go, that is what I am talking about. Her 5 pm feeding was also pretty good since Kinley took 60 ccs from her bottle. After Kinley was finished with her 5 pm feeding session we made the big move to our PCU (parent care unit) room for the night.
We begin our night with Kinley by ordering dinner since Kinley was asleep. Kinley did not stay asleep for long and woke up early (7:30) for her 8 pm feeding. By the time Kevin and I decided that we should just go ahead and feed her a little early, Kinley had already worn herself out by crying. When we finally got her food ready, she only ate 55 ccs by bottle. Lets hope we get the feedings figured out and into some sort of routine.
Between Kinley's 8 pm feeding and her 11 pm feeding, Kevin and I gave Kinley a bath. It was also time for me to try and place my 2nd NG tube in Kinley. The second try did not go as well as the first, but I was still able to get the tube placed by myself. We must have really worn Kinley out with the move, bath and new NG tube because she slept from 11:30 pm to 8 am. The only reason she woke up then was because I was trying to wake her up.
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