Little Miss D Update

Jonathan is back at Mimi's today to play with his friends and Nana and I went to the hospital to feed Diana for her 11 am feeding. She put in a good night but the trick of doing the gavage feeding one time and the bottle the next didn't really help her take any more from the bottle, still only doing about 20 ml. They raised her requirement again to 49 ml every 3 hours. She is putting on weight, now 5 lbs 7 oz, so that is why they keep raising her caloric intake. She seemed to be nursing well, was wide awake and sucking good but I had a feeling she was just "playing" and not really eating and I seemed to be right as she only took 10 ml from me in 20 minutes and then another 10 ml from the bottle. Her doctor, Rafi Mena, stopped in to take a look at her feet while I was feeding her and he told me "she is acting her age." She is still learning to suck and can't do more than one thing at once so I shouldn't get discouraged. I really like him and is always very calming and supportive, he was also in my surgery and been in charge of Diana since day one. So I am going to try and keep reminding myself that she isn't even supposed to be here yet and that she is only 35 weeks, so she is allowed to "act her age." Dr. Mena ordered a development consult to get some exercises to help straighten her feet out. Her bilirubin level was down today to 10.5 so she isn't under lights and they will check it again tomorrow.