So far, the feeding experience has gone pretty well over the last couple of days. As I mentioned in the last blog, we have taken Kate off the feeding tube and just been feeding her from the bottle. She has taken to it really well. In fact, yesterday she was up to 180 ml for the day whereas, she only took 65 ml on Monday. We do hook her back up to the feeding tube at night, so she can get more calories (and she sleeps through the night!!!). She is getting stronger and stronger considering the effects of her cleft pallet. The only obstacle we have run into is that she is only taking in 1/3 of what she should be getting for the day. Plus, we haven't been fortifying the breast milk, so she is getting less calories. We had a follow-up appointment with Kate's pediatrician today and she only gained 1 oz. since Friday, so that was a little frustrating. Anyway, we are going to start fortifying everything that we give her and see how that goes. With Kate's heart condition, it makes it more difficult to gain weight because her heart is working double time and therefore, expending more calories. We are hopeful that once she has the surgery that she will be able to grow at a steadier rate. We are looking forward to the weekend and are thinking about taking Kate to Fillmore for the first time. It's a good thing she likes to ride in the car. We'll see how it goes : ) We are starting to get more and more comfortable with her oxygen levels and have been using the monitor less and less. We hope to get her off the oxygen ASAP!!!
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