I'm Eating!

This weekend our girl continues to amaze us! Yesterday Quinn started bottle feeding, receiving just 5ml's of mama's milk every three hours.  It took a little practice to start, but by the end of the day she was a pro.  She also had her biggest poop yet...and you know how we feel about poop around here! I took pictures and got teary eyed and was way more enthused than the nurses.  After her successful day yesterday, they have slowly increased her milk by another 5ml's.  She drank round #1 (of her 10 ml's) like a champ this morning--so far so good.  As her milk intake continues to increase they start to back off on her IV nutrition.  It's a balance so ensure she is getting what she needs and starting to grow.   She is back to her birth weight essentially, maybe a touch bigger, and we eagerly await her "weigh in" every evening.  We continue to cross our fingers for regular poo's and continued tolerance of her feedings.  I don't know where this girl gets it from, but she is such a badass (is it bad to say that about your 18 day old daughter?!?!).  She has been faced with more in her first few weeks of life than most people ever endure and she just keeps hurdling over each milestone.  We are the most proud parents and have so much confidence in her strength to keep moving forward.

Since she started her feeds, she has become quite the smiler--everyone's always happier when they're well fed, right?!?!