We really didn't have much going on this week for Kinley which was nice. We all needed a little break from appointments. It has been nice to just hang out and play with Kinley at home. She is really enjoying her jumper and she has been able to do more tummy time. She is just about ready to take off with her rolling I think. She has rolled over a couple of times in her pack and play, but I think it was more of an accident when she was stretching. Either way, it seems like Kinley is less likely to throw up when she eats by bottle instead of being tube fed, so we are all enjoying that and Kinley gets a lot more play time.
We are still trying to wean Kinley off the NG tube and I guess it is going alright. She is starting to eat a little more from her bottles, but the main thing is that she is A LOT less fussy when she is trying to eat. That is a HUGE improvement and we are very thankful for that! For the past couple of days Kinley has taken a little over 400mls by bottle which is up from an average of 200mls before we started trying to wean. Kinley's goal volume is still 840mls, so we are still shy of the halfway mark via bottles, but at least we are making progress. Kinley has started to learn what hunger is and that the bottle will help fix her hunger. I think that has been the key as far as her being less fussy. The volume part will just take some more practice and patience.
Not much else to report. A quiet week is a good week as far as we are concerned.
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Quiet weeks are good! I was just saying tonight how it seems like Sofie is less gassy and less likely to throw up after a bottle feed than an NG feed. Sometimes when she's napping we give her a full NG feed instead of waking her for a bottle. She always seems really bloated with the NG feeds so we have to run the 5 ounces over an hour or more. But times like today she took 4 ounces from the bottle in 10-15 minutes and felt great afterward with no bloating. Hmmm...yet another thing these mystery girls seem to have in common!
I just stumbled upon your blog today, we had a premmie baby in January - at 25 weeks, and she is on home oxygen. I just wanted to say how lovely your blog is and how impressed I am at how you have coped with all you have been through. Caroline, Cheltenham, UK
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