From last evening . . .
Yeah, no posts since Becca’s last birthday. Sorry. As you may know, this is Amy’s second week back teaching, so she’s crazy busy (and tired!). Last Thursday and Friday I was at a linguistics conference in Baltimore, where it was almost as cold as it was here in Texas last week. This week I’m gearing up for my semester, which starts next Tuesday.
Becca’s weight yesterday was 2120 grams, about 4 lb 10.8 oz. She’s being fed every 3 hours, which comes out to 8 times a day. As of today, they’re giving her 42 ml per feeding. Every day for three of the eight feedings, they give her a bottle. After 20-25 min of bottle feeding, they pour the rest down her tube so as not to wear her out too much.
Sometimes she does better with the bottle than other times. Yesterday afternoon she took almost the whole bottle (all but 5 ml). Last evening, she didn’t want to wake up, and she only took about 15. This afternoon, she was awake, but she choked a few times and maybe got discouraged. She took about 25. So the big developmental prayer request right now is that she coordinates her suck-swallow-breathe routine better — on a consistent basis. Once she does, they’ll move her to bottle every other feeding.
To reward you for reading all this, here’s another photo I like from last evening:
I loved the pictures!!! Both of your ladies are SO beautiful. You are definitely a blessed man. Happy Wednesday!!!
Great pictures! It was nice to read another update. Hope you all have a good week.
Precious! Thanks for the update!
Such a cutie! I love her little yawn!
Thanks for posting again – beautiful girls! I know I’m addicted to “wanting to see pictures” and hear about Becca’s progress. Looks like others are, too. We continue to Praise the Lord! for her weight gain and development. We will continue praying she will take the bottle better so she can GO HOME SOON!! Love y’all!
Thanks so much for this update and the PRECIOUS photos! I am overwhelmed with praises to our Lord for His “GRACE”. Love, Grandma B
Thanks for taking the time to post pictures and an update — it’s so wonderful to see how she’s growing and progressing! Praying that she’ll continue to do better with bottle feeding and looking forward to hearing that she’s ready to come home! Praying for you both, too, as you adjust to your new work/school schedules as well as being Mommy and Daddy to Becca.
We love the updates! We look forward to every progress report. You are going to keep this up all year , right? You can be sure we keep these things in our prayers!! Love you all!!!
oh ur baby is so cute,i love the pictures … send me pictures of becca when u can, bye love yall:)
(wendolin)