Today Danika is 3 weeks and 3 days old! She's been doing really good with her breathing. Her nurse today said that Danika is very active for a premi. Totally makes sense! When that little munchkin was in my tummy, I don't think she ever slept! I felt her moving and kicking all day and all night! Only 3 more days left of antibiotics and then she should be able to eat normally through her feeding tube again and then they will take out the picc line. They have to start all over with the eating though. Start at 1cc and gradually move up so that it's not such a shock to her intestines.
She let me hold her for 3 hours. The nurse talked to me about starting non-nutritive feeding. Just to get her use to the position etc. Feeding from a bottle or the breast is hard for a premi. It's hard for them to put all the steps together. Suck, swallow and still remember to breath. The first time we tried, she choked because she had no idea what to do with what was in her mouth......its a work in progress. She'll figure it out! :)
Today I got to put her first outfit on her! We put a little premie lady bug outfit on her, and it was still to big for her! All the nurses loved her lady bug outfit. Now she is known for ladybugs! One of the developmental specialists brought her in a lady bug blanket that one of the lady's from volunteer services made! :)
She goes to town on that pacifier! Were hoping that is a good sign that she will do good with the bottle. She still forgets to breath when she's sucking on her pacifier, so she loses her pacifier privileges often........but she really likes that pacifier! The pacfifier looks to big for her!
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