I gave DD her first tub bath today! So cute. And boy did she need it LOL she was very pongy and collecting things under her chins! We've given her sponge offs before but waited for her stoma wounds to calm down before a proper soak. And she really enjoyed it, very relaxed.
She's up to 2335 grams and they're moving her to 4 hourly feeds today. Which is a bit confusing (given you would expect a newborn to demand A LOT more than that all things being *normal*) but I'm fairly sure demand feeds are the next step. Happy to go with the flow. I talked to the doctors this week about my feeding goals and they're right there with me. Suck feeds at the breast is the ultimate goal for when she comes home but if we need to adjust that a bit to ensure her gut is ok and her growth is consistent then I'm ok with that. We're still fitting in a couple of breastfeeds each day and thanks to a nipple shield and the support of some wonderful staff in SCN I have managed to breastfeed PAIN FREE for the first time ever! Woohoo.
I'm getting much more confident caring for her stomas and I could probably do it all by myself if I needed to now which is a good feeling.
She will hit her 100-day milestone on Saturday. And I feel like I should mark it somehow - it feels a bit weird celebrating it, but its part of this road we've been faced with and I feel like I should be acknowledging that? Am I a bit nuts? LOL. Maybe I'll take some cake in to the SCN on the weekend. Everyone loves cake!
Thank you all once again for your support, it is lovely coming back to BB to reflect on all of this.
Definitely worthy of a celebration, she has come such a long way! I'm sure the nurses in SCN will appreciate a cake to celebrate. Love that first bath...
100 days is a huge milestone, of course you should celebrate it! Our 100 dayers at the Mercy used to get special handmade quilts to go onto the open cots the babies were in, and often the nurses would make a card or poster with footprints & photo's from the babies stay.
Congrats on your bath too!!
WOW! I have just read through all you posts Infinity! You are amazing as is you family and especially you little Heidi, she sounds amazing! Congratulations on the 100day old milestone, I can't wait to hear about her getting more and more breastfeeds and coming home!
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What a lovely way to celebrate her 100th day! I hope it won't be long before you'll be celebrating her homecoming.
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