When we visited our little cupcake today, one week after she was born, we learned she now weighs more than her birth weight! That's quite a milestone. As most babies do, Anne lost at least a couple of ounces after she was born.
It took some time for her friends in the Special Care Nursery to work up to full feedings for her, although she was up to full feedings by Saturday. She's so little and still so young, she can't quite coordinate the suck-breathe-swallow motions she needs to eat. So while she practices at the beginning of some feedings, most of her food is coming through the hose in her nose.
(That tube is actually pretty neat, once you get over seeing your little girl with a tube in her nose. It lets the nurses check to see how much food has been digested. Of course, diapers provide some information, too.)
What is she eating? Half or more of her food is coming from mom. Whew! That's hard work. The rest is formula fortified with a few extra calories to help her grow.
Anne had some quality skin-to-skin time with Mom today, which put her right to sleep after Dad "fed" her by holding the syringe that drips food into her tube.
How old is our peanut?
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