Thank You Aunt Vicki for the two new hats for Lily. Lily's Aunt made this hat that Lily is wearing in this picture, along with another one. Lily also ate 23 cc's of breast milk from the bottle today, which is a new record for her. On August 29th Lily got her first real bath, where she got to sit in the water. She loved the water and did not cry at all. She is coming along good and growing slowly but surely, she weights 3 lbs 4.3 oz..
On August 28, 2006 Lily got her pic line out of her arm. She is no longer on IV Fluids. Lily is up to 3 lbs. 4 oz.. She is taking 32 cc's of breast milk for feeding every three hours and not spitting up at all. We are still working on introducing the bottle twice a day. Zoe also likes to go visit baby Lily at the hospital and look through the window at her. She loves going into the chapel at the hospital to see baby Jesus and pray for baby Lily.
Lily got her first bath on 8/23/2006 at 10:00 PM. Illene, her nurse, made her a cute bath tub. She loved the bath and didn't even cry. She is now up to 3 lbs 2.5 ozs. She eats 28 cc's every three hours. We are still watching her breathing closely since her oxygen saturations dip a little during feedings.
Little Lily is getting all kinds of stuff in her isolet. She loves to sleep on her tummy and cuddle up to her blankets. She is up to 12 cc's every 3 hours on her feeding, and weighs 3 pounds. She has had a little problem breathing when being held the last couple of days, so the nurses are watching her close. She hasn't had to go back to oxygen yet, but she may. Babies Lily's size expend a lot of energy with everything that they do, it is very easy for them to tire themselves out, just by doing a small task like digesting food. She still gets her food through a tube going directly to her stomach through her nose. While she is being fed we use a pacifier for her to suck on so she can associate sucking with food digestion. Before each feeding they check her stomach to see if she has food left from the last feeding. Over the last few days she has been digesting all the food, that's why they have been increasing her feeding. The next big step for her over the next few weeks will be to transition to a nipple for feeding. This may be difficult since sucking, swallowing, and breathing are not easy tasks for a baby her size.
Baby Lily is finally digesting deborah's milk and passing it out the other end. She is doing really great.
Little Lily is doing great. Deborah and Chris get to hold her everyday now. She loves to be held close to the body because of the heat. She sleeps most of the time, but when she is awake she is very active. She is still having some problems eating, but that is normal for a baby her age.
Can you tell the difference between the pictures? Lily got to take off her oxygen tube today. She is doing great breathing on her own. The nurses began to give Lily 1cc of mommies milk every 6 hours. She is doing great. The bottom picture is of Nana looking in.
Deborah got to hold Lily for the first time on 08/13/2006. She fell asleep in mommy's arms for an hour.
Lily gets a cute little pink cap on 08/12/2006 to keep her head warm.
