Last bottle at the NICU With Peggy, my nurse during the bed rest Walking home First bottle home The day before yesterday, Eve passed the car seat test. They put the baby in the car seat for an hour and make sure she breathes well in this seated position. She also took the bottle at [...]
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Eve is home
Posted in 0-6 months, Home, NICU on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bottle love
Posted in 0-6 months, NICU on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eve loves eating. She has been taking the bottle so well that she is now over 5 pounds. She also no longer has her feeding tube and… she might come home sooner than we ever thought! Stay tuned. Eve adore manger. Elle prend si bien ses biberons qu’elle a dépassé les 5 livres (2 268 [...]
Dad’s First Bottle
Posted in 0-6 months, Just photos, NICU on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bottle
Posted in 0-6 months, NICU on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ashley, the nurse who took care of Eve two nights ago, dropped by yesterday evening and asked: “Has she taken any more bottles?” We were not told yesterday but as it turns out, two nights ago, Ashley bottle-fed Eve for three feedings! Apparently, she did really well with the breathing-sucking-swallowing routine. At this point, the [...]
One week
Posted in 0-6 months, Milestone, NICU on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eve turned one week yesterday. It was a big day for her. First, she was reunited with her dad, after 4 days out of town. Erik and I also got to give her a sponge bath (which she hated), the first one since her birthday. The next one will be in a tub though, because [...]
Chubby Chub
Posted in 0-6 months, NICU on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eve is now 4 pounds and 9.5 ounces. Her feedings are working well for her. Tomorrow Erik and I will get to give her a bath.
Graduation
Posted in 0-6 months, NICU on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eve graduated to the Level 2, since she’s made such progress. They moved her isolette to a different part of the NICU. She now takes 40 ml every 3 hours, a cocktail of formula and breast milk since yesterday. As planned, they took her IV out. Her kidney ultrasound came back normal. Now they [...]
Progress
Posted in 0-6 months, NICU on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Erik tells me that people have been asking for some updates… It will be difficult to post as often as before, but we’ll do our best to give you some once in a while. So here are a few recent news about Eve. They’ve been increasing her “gavage feedings”. She’s now at 25ml every 3 hours [...]
Eve is born
Posted in NICU, Videos on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 8:58 a.m. Weight: 4lb 12.2oz (2160 g) Length: 18in (45.7 cm) “Eve is born” video First bath video
