Making Progress

Hello world! Or maybe I'm just stretching.

Where is my bottle?

Daphne's doctor thinks she may get to come home on Monday! She passed her hearing test today. There has not been another sleep apnea episode. And Daphne is getting much better at eating. Two days ago it was a struggle to get her to stay awake for 20 - 25 mL of formula and of course there is the pacing issue. Daphne is getting better at pacing and is sucking down 45 - 50 mL of formula each feeding. She has also started to wake up on her own when hungry. In the NICU they typically wake the babies up every 3 hours to feed them. But now that Daphne is waking on her own for food they have changed her to a feed on demand schedule, which is more consistent with a normal newborn.

We told Tyler that Daphne is probably coming home in a few days and asked him if he is excited to meet her. He said that he is. Tyler also said, "I will hold Daphne on the couch and watch football." Spoken like a true male!