Mikaila was fed by bottle three times in a 22 hours span despite the directive on her chart prescribing one bottle feed every 24 hours. She is beginning to master manipulating the bottle and actually took her entire 2am feed by bottle. Bottle feeding is hard work for little Mikaila. She expends a great deal of energy that might be redirected toward growth. However, as previously stated, for her to be discharged to the custody of her parents, that's us, she must be comfortable feeding by either bottle or breast. So, we have two competing forces here, both critical, that must be accommodated; growth and non-tube feeding. The solution seemed easy to Kim and I; bump up Mikiala's blend from 27 calories to 30. I pitched it to her dietitian and thankfully she agreed. Mikaila will be getting extra calories starting tomorrow. She gained 20 grams yesterday which is ok but we would like to see her consistently gaining 30-35 grams daily. The extra calories should help.
They should be weighing her at her 11 pm feed. I may not post the update until tomorrow.
7 comments:
my oh my, could it be? is the sweet little thing going to be a readhead??? sure looks that way in the most recent photos!
It looks like she might be a redhead after all...all the black hair and the black eyebrows she had when born, have fallen out and been replaced with a reddish blonde hair color. She is getting nice and chubby, pushing her 0-3 lb clothes to their limit. They will have to be worn by her teddy bears soon. Kim is right, even her little butt is starting to fill in.
wow...she looks beautiful!
AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! Mikaila is adorable guys!!!
BTW.. Kathie and KellyB: don't you guys sleep?? lol. Atiya, what the heck are you doing up at 5:35am??? Oh yeah.. you've got a baby too!! Oh well.. I lead the life of Riley, and am happy to sleep in till 8. Hehe..
Dara and Kim, get ready for writing this blog at really unreasonable hours of the day and night. May your days and nights be filled with Mikaila. Wish I could smell her. I love baby smell.
Don't worry Kimmy & Dara, I've noted the way you've raised Morgan & Shiraz (golden retrievers) and knew you were getting high marks in parental training.
The Down Under nursery will be a fun stage for our little golden girl in future pictures! (Just one of the many projects you've completed on that wonderful old Victorian home.) And don't worry... everyone loves koala bears...
well, now, Mariam's comment begins to explain something I've wondered about... I believe this site is using a time zone that is at least two hours ahead of where I live! (I've been wondering why I don't see those 5 and 6 pm postings of Dara's until the next morning). I DO get up early, but not usually that early!
Dara would you take another picture with your wedding ring on Mikaila's arm??? it would give me an even better sense of how much she's grown... just flip back thru some of the earlier pictures to see the amazing changes in just the 5 weeks since the postings began!
Man, Kimmy grew a lot of gestational chest hair, huh? Unless, of course that's a picture of sweet baby on her Daddy's chest?
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