This morning we heard that Maria only had two alarms over night!! I cannot express how encouraging that was to hear. She also gained a whopping 80 grams.
The nurses put her back into her isolette yesterday because she just could not keep up her temps in room air. It's never fun to hear that your baby failed her cold stress test, but she obviously just needed a break, because just look at the difference the isolette made for her overnight! I find it strange how the tiniest change can make such a big difference.
We had all been asking a lot from her lately. She learned many things simultaneously, and she just couldn't keep up with it all at once. She was cold stressed, learned to nipple, removed from her CPAP and her caffeine all around the same time...no wonder she had a difficult time keeping up!
Last night she drank her third consecutive full bottle...and she choked in down in 11 minutes - I was watching the time because I thought she was slurping like a crazy girl, and wanted to time the pig-fest. She must be using most of her calories to eat!!
This morning I brought her some music because I felt like we had been neglecting her brain development. The NP suggested that I record some classical music onto a digital recorder to place in her crib. I've seen babies with these little recorders, and the sound quality of the music is just crap. So of course we had to buy her portable speakers for our ipod so that her first musical exposure (with the exception of Joe's rousing rendition of "On Top of Spaghetti"), is a high quality sound. Come on, Vivaldi, help those brain cells start working on her Harvard admissions application...
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your cheerleaders are still cheering Maria!
ReplyDeleteyou're doing great! you show 'em!
Only you and Joe would turn Maria needed music into a need for Ipod speakers. Should I assume this is my brother's rational and good budgeting skills at work?
ReplyDeleteEither way, way to go Maria! We know this isn't easy for you, but you are such a trooper! You're getting so big, and your pictures show how much you are filling out! Keep loving that bottle!
Look at those cute puddgy cheeks.You are a beautiful baby. We keep cheering and praying for all the good things.
ReplyDeleteMom is on the right track about too many new things at once, so a step back is not too bad. It looks like she is clothed and in a blanket so does that mean she is still doing some of the work on keeping her temp up and the isollette is minimal on providing her some heat? Just wondering.