We had some fun with Tekla yesterday. The nurses at UC Davis were saying they expected a picture of Tekla in a cowboy hat since she was going home to Texas. We went to "Build a Bear" and found a little denim dress and cowboy hat. After we bathed her yesterday afternoon, she was wide awake and interactive (as interactive as a 33 week old premie can be) so we put her little dress on her, then her hat and I sat her in my lap. She was a hit... all the nurses were having a fit over her and her cowgirl outfit. We started taking pictures and she actually seemed to enjoy all the attention she was getting.
As the pictures show, she is gaining lots of weight, about an ounce and half each day. She is now 3 pounds 11 ozs. At this rate, she may make 4 pounds by Christmas. A good bit smaller than your average Christmas turkey, but a good size for her.
We also heard from the nurse practitioner that we could try to bottle feed her 2 times a day now. At noon today she did wonderfully! She managed to take in 25cc's of her 30cc feeding. The best by far that she has done.
Keep you eye out for pictures of her in the elf outfit we found for her.
4 comments:
This is a wonderful picture she is a model at 3 pounds....:) congrats on the new milestones in her life...
I'm sorry, but she just has to be the cutest baby EVER!!
Love you guys, & gal ;)
M
OMG build a bear !?!? Soooo cute. I am sooo happy to hear she is growing like a weed. She is a doll, and being a country girl myself, the cowgirl outfit wins my vote.
These pics are great!!!
She really does look like she knows what's going on and responding to it. That's remarkable!
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