At our visit with Maggie yesterday, we helped her pass another milestone in her development. The nurse encouraged us to try a "non-nutritive feeding" - meaning Maggie got to practice nursing. Since a full feeding would be too much work for her at this time, we did about 5-10 minutes of practice to see how she'd do. Our nurse said Maggie is starting to develop a rooting reflex and does a good job sucking on her pacifier, which is what prompted this practice session.
Maggie latched on right away, which the nurse considered as 100% success. Right now it's important to Maggie to know who her mommy and daddy are (recogize the sound of our voice, the way we smell, etc), and this practice is one way to help her do that. So, as a next step, we are going to practice this during our visits over the next few weeks until she can handle a feeding.
Also during our visit yesterday, Maggie moved to a new nursery. The babes in the NICU move around quite a bit, as they are remodeling the unit. Maggie is now in nursery 3C, we picked out a nice sunny spot by the window for her!
We're so happy that she continues to do so well! I hope that the rest of October goes fast so we can get our Maggie home!
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