Another visit

Doug's mom took me down to the NICU last night and I kangarooed with Brooke again : ). Look how long she is!

She looks like she's hanging off my boob! LOL.

While I was holding her last night, the shifts changed. Her new nurse told me after I was done kangarooing that when I'm holding her like that, I can pull my bra down and let her try to suckle/nuzzle at my breast. She said chances are she won't get anything and will just fall asleep, but it will be good for my milk supply. Brooke definitely knows she should be eating because she roots around and looks for food...it's so cute : ). She was doing it a little while I was holding her, but at that time I didn't know I was "allowed" to let her try. After I was done holding her, her nurse weighed her.

(I blacked out her girly parts, lol.)

She gained 14 grams...half an ounce! (The night before she lost 2 grams.) They are now putting a fortifier in my breastmilk to give her more calories. Right now she's at 22 calories per ounce and they're bumping her to 24 calories per ounce tonight (Ryan came home from the NICU on 24 cal formula.) When her nurse gave her her feeding through her tube last night, first she put a little drop in her mouth. I don't think Brooke quite knew what to think of it. I found out last night that Brooke will be allowed to try nipple feeding when she's 32 weeks. I guess they let babies try it then, but they don't push them if they don't want it. Her nurse thinks she'll be one that's interested. Guess we'll see! Here are some pics from after I was done kangarooing....she was WIDE awake again!

I love this shot.

Bright eyed beauty.

She was sucking on her finger while her feeding was going in ; ).