11 January 2009

2770 grams Today, thats 6lb 1 oz in the old money, what a buda she has become.I have posted some photos of todays visits and one of me giving Gracyn a bath.
At our vsit today she spent most of the time with no assistance from the oxygen at all, especially when Tegan was giving the big brother cuddle.This is going to be a long process, cycling her off the oxygen, but all it will take is time. Gracyn really only needs oxygen when she is feeding or extremely tired.Bottle feeding her just exhausts her.It seems every second feed she will take the full bottle the other feeds she does half bottle and half tube fed, another small hurdle for Gracyn to get over, again this will just take time.She now gets 80ml of formula no EBM anymore,Just as well because Angela would just not be able to keep up the milk supply. i feel we have made the right decision to stop the breast feeding as if Angela had continued she would have worn herself out and made herself sick.
I go back to work tomorrow unfortunatly this will narrow down my visits to the evenings, Tegan will be most upset as he has been my right hand man over these holidays and can,t understand why i have to go back.But we got to do it i suppose.
more tomorrow

Steve,Ange,Tegan,Gracyn