Very soon...

Brooke is going to hit the 4lb. mark! Last night she was 3lb. 13oz. She gained 50 grams, which is almost 2 ounces! She is still getting every other feeding by bottle. Last night I actually got her to take a whole bottle for the first time : ). None of the nurses ever showed me how to feed her before. Her nurse last night did. Brooke actually needs some pressure applied under her chin in order to suck properly and not dribble a ton of milk out of her mouth. (Ryan never had that problem bottlefeeding, but he was older than her when he started.) She let out one heck of a burp when my mom was burping her, lol.

She's getting another transfusion today because she's just not producing those red blood cells fast enough yet.

She hasn't been having any apnea or bradycardia spells (at least not that we've been told of ) and hasn't even been dropping her O2 saturations much : ). She also has not needed oxygen for feedings since Sunday night : ).

It looks like she's going to be heading home right around May 17th or very soon after at this rate! : ) May 17th is our nephew Cameron's 10th birthday! It is also my cousin Hayley's 6th birthday party, so that may be interesting if she does come home on that day! It will all work out, though : ).

Here are a few pictures from last night.

When I dress her to get out, I've been putting her little cloth diapers on her : ). Then when I put her back in her bed, I put her back in a disposable.

Look at that belly!

She's really filling out all over : ).