Briana is doing so well that Paul and I can not believe it.
We previously had attempted breast feeding, just twice, but both times Briana would latch on, suckle a couple times, and then look around confused. We were proud of her for trying and she was doing quite well for being 32 weeks. However, over the weekend she took a bottle and finished the whole thing! Paul and I met with the lacatation consolution today and she gave us some great pointers on feeding Briana. Briana latched on and actually suckled for quite a while. She was tired so she would start to fall asleep until I would move her around and she would start with the suckleing again.
Briana is also a thumb sucker! Also today I was holding her and all of the sudden she put her thumb in her mouth! I really couldn't believe, my daughter is a genius, she's discovered she has fingers! It was the cutest thing. Both Paul and I were thumb suckers and it is amazing to see her progress.
Earlier before we even went into the hospital we recieved a phone call from the nurse. She told Paul she wanted to call with good news. Normally when we recieve a call from the hospital it's not the best news or they want to get our consent to do a bllod transfusion or something else. So, to get a call for good news was rather interesting. The nurse told us that since Briana is taking a full bottle that she may be able to come home in two to three weeks!! She told Paul that he better start setting up the crib. His responce was that we had the crib set up, now we're just working on the changing table. Paul and I can not believe that our little girl may be coming home soon! It's almost surreal to thing that we've come this far.
Briana also weighs almost 5lbs now! The nurses told me she'll almost out grown her premie clothes so I better now buy any more. It's crazy to think about that she's gotten that big. In a way it makes me a little sad because she's already growing up so fast! Our little girl has a little bit of a double chin and I love it, she's so beautiful.
that's fantastic to hear!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteShe is so cute!! And getting so big! That will be awesome if she goes home in a couple of weeks. Prayer is a wonderful thing!! You'll have to post pics of Daddy putting all the furniture together. Tell him that Ryan will let him borrow the tshirt Paul bought for him last year if he needs a reminder:-)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm glad someone else finally left a comment. I was feeling like the comment nazi. But I love comments on my blog so that's just how it goes:-)