A few days ago I made a comment to our nurse that Jayden always feeds well from her bottle when Jonathan feeds her or I feed her and I didn't understand why she wasn't eating well with any of the nurses or the developmental specialists. So I decided to come in bright and early yesterday to feed her all day. Around 1:00 I was informed they were going to close our room as the NICU was half empty, and they would be putting us in a new room. Our associate nurse requested we get a private room and suggested we stay overnight for the next few days and do the 48 hour challenge. Every baby has to eat all their meals through their bottle for a full 48 hours before they are discharged. At that time, the most Jayden was able to eat was 3 consecutive bottles. The staff really wanted to see how well she would do overnight with me or Jonathan feeding her, and of course we agreed and I ran home to pack my bags for the next few days.
Jayden completely surprised everyone by eating 8 consecutive bottles!! This is such great progress for her! We couldn't be happier! Her 9th bottle, which was at 8:30 this morning, she was able to eat half...which is still great! Since she couldn't finish the bottle, the 48 hours starts over...but we are so proud of her!
Today she was finally able to move from her isoltette to a crib! She looks tiny in the crib...and the crib is preemie size...so I can't wait to see how she looks in her crib at home!! Also, as of last night she is up to 4 lbs. 2.5 oz.! I still can't believe how much she is changing each and every day! She's such a miracle and literally growing before our eyes!
Tonight I will be sleeping next to her again. I told her last night we finally get to have sleepovers and mommy gets to stay next to her all night! I think she smiled when I told her that! :-) It really was the best sleepover in the world and I'm so excited I get to stay with her until she comes home!!
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