Lillianna - 1 Month old in the NICU

Here is a short video of Lilli in her crib before her feeding while in the NICU.

4 Weeks Old!

Lilli has turned 4 weeks old on Tuesday, which makes her 34 weeks gestationally. She is doing really great and has been drinking more from the bottle. She now does about 20 CC through the bottle for each feeding. Her weight as of last night (December 10th) is 4 lbs 15 oz. She seems to have slight swelling again in her hands and her respitory rate is up, so they are keeping an eye on this. She has her 1 month head ultrasound coming up tomorrow.

Lilli Update & Family Christmas Pictures

Lilli Update

Her edema has cleared up after a dose of Lasix. As of December 7th, she is up to 40 CC of breast milk. She is starting to get the hang of drinking from the bottle. Last night and this morning she took about 25 CC via the bottle and the rest through the tube. For the 2pm feeding I gave her, she drank 17 CC via the bottle for me, I was so happy! I think Sean gave her a pep talk over the weekend and that is why she is drinkng more :) Her improved bottle drinkng all began when he fed her over the weekend. She went from about 3-5 CC with the bottle on Thursday and Friday to 10 CC for each feeding Sean did over the weekend. As of last night (December 7th) she weighs 4lbs 10 oz. She is really growing like weed!

Over the weekend we took our Family Christmas pictures while visiting Lilli at the NICU. We found a really cute photo prop to use as the background. I dressed Lilli in the same Christmas dress that we used for Lexi when she was in the NICU.

Christmas Pictures

Lilli is 3 Weeks Old & Moves to an Open Crib!

Today Lilli is three weeks old (33 weeks) and se graduated to an open crib since she can regulate her body temperature on her own now. She also started to drink a little from the bottle and breast. We are so proud of Lilli!

Lexi Visits Lilli

Lexi really enjoys visiting her baby sister. She loves Lilli so much and looks forward to the weekends. At home she likes to pretend to visit Lilli in the hospital from getting the ticket in the parking lot, calling the NICU and telling them that she is here to see Lilli and then talking to her in the isolette.