Day 84

Things are going really, really, really well!

It was so nice to wake up Wednesday morning and only have to drive 5 minutes (including finding free parking) to Lions Gate rather than 40 minutes to Children's. I was nervous about walking into the nursery and thinking the worst, that the nurses/doctors had hooked her up to a breathing machine and Alice was going to be transferred back to Children's. But no, she was doing fine - with her regular dips throughout the night and recovering on her own. So we had a feed at 9:00am (she was raring to go) and then I went back at 3pm but she just wouldn't wake up for the afternoon feed so she was fed through her tube.

Thursday - another nice commute - and a breast feed at 9:00am (with a cuddle afterwards) and thought I'd give the 3pm feed another go - and she was wide awake. It also helped that we gave her a bath before the feed so Alice didn't have a choice but to be awake. Two really good feeds. And she took a bottle from the nurse for her 9pm feed. Alice is being fed every 3 hours but we're slowly working up to have her on breast or bottle by starting with every other feed.

Friday - 9am and 3pm breast feed. Going to go to the hospital tonight to see if Alice will take a 9pm feed from me as well. Not sure what her weight gain is, but she's definately over 6 pounds now. Size doesn't matter for coming home, it's the breathing dips that need to be gone before they'll let her out. The feeding doesn't seem to be a problem at all.

Happy New Year to everyone!