Tube Free!!!

Kate has this new fixation with mouths and noses. It's so funny because we will be feeding her and she will reach up and just grab onto our noses and won't let go. She also loves to have her fingers sucked on too. You'll notice that she is "tube free" YAY!!!! We went and saw a GI specialist last week who encouraged us to take her feeding tube out for a few weeks and see how she does on her own. He said she's a little "overweight" for her height....hmmmm who would've thought.... : ) He said it won't hurt her if she lost a few lbs. Kate turned 9-months last Sunday and is now fitting into size 12-18 month clothes.

We took the tube out on Thursday and she has done awesome. She isn't taking all she's supposed to, but we have added formula to the milk to concentrate it and up the calories. She'll reflux occasionally, but has seemed to do remarkably well so far. We take her in to be weighed this Thursday to make sure she isn't losing weight. We're hoping that she will take off and be done with all the tubes for good. She's still off oxygen for the majority of the time, but we still monitor it closely and will put her back on it if she needs it.

Bryan is getting really good at balancing her with one hand!