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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The big eat




Little Miss is still so teeny, she doesn't have much energy for eating. It's hard work coordinating the suck-breathe-swallow movements needed for eating!

Her nurse pals usually offer a bottle before feeding her through the tube in her nose to help her associate eating with that nice sleepy full feeling she gets afterward. Anne sometimes manages to get about 5 ccs down before the other 25 ccs goes through her tube.

But today when mom tried feeding her, she sucked down 7 ccs relatively quickly and fairly energetically! And she seemed to be indicating she was hungry just before feeding time.

Baby steps. Preemie baby steps!

Here are pictures from yesterday and today. Dad thinks her face is starting to fill out.


3 comments:

  1. she is the CUTEST thing EVVVER!!!!!!
    love you guys cant wait to see her in pearson some time

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  2. Yeah, sooooo adorable! Is that blonde hair? Amazing, what a cutie pie.

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  3. Blonde hair! Must come from Daddy.

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