Crib!

The big news of the day is that Maggie is now in a crib! She has been successfully weaned from her isolette and is maintaining her temperature well enough to graduate to an open air crib. Very exciting!

She is bundled up in a onesie, fleece footie jammies, socks, hat, and swaddled in a blanket with another fleece blanket over her. She looks so warm and cozy.

This week, I am making trips to the hospital twice a day to nurse with Maggie. I have worked out a schedule that allows me to be there for her 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. feedings.

Our feeding this morning was a bit of a disaster. I didn't put her diaper on very well before we started, so her diaper managed to fall off and she ended up peeing all over the Boppy pillow. Then she started to spit up.

Tonight's feeding went a little better. I like going to visit at 8 p.m., the nursery is quiet and peaceful. We just talk and I sing to her. She nurses and I hold her during her gavage (tube) feeding. It's just so nice.

Maggie is still only managing to get about 4ml per nursing session. I think in the next week or two things will start to progress as far as feedings go. Babies develop that sucking reflex around 35 weeks gestation. Maggie is now 34 weeks. She shows real interest in nursing - she's always alert when it's time to eat. Plus, she's gaining weight and will only get stronger in the weeks ahead. I look forward to the day she'll be able to get a whole ounce (which is what she gets through gavage at each feeding). I know it will be soon.