February 1, 2012

Today was a good day for both Blair and Harli.  I called over on my way to work this morning and Harli had a good night.  She had four episodes, only two requiring stimulation, and she had two bowel movements. 

When the doctor and nurse practitioners made their rounds they are still very pleased with Harli's progress.  Harli's nurse practitioner brought up the amount of episodes she is having, but the doctor said he was not worried because they were inside the range of her episodes.  The doctor is still confident that her episodes have more to do with positioning than anything else.  He did say there are a couple times when she has episodes it is because Harli falls asleep and quits breathing, but in either case they are normal for a premature baby her size.

They raised Harli's milk from 8cc's to 10cc's and started adding calories today.  The doctor and nurse practitioners are very pleased with how she is handling the milk, and with the bowel movements she is having.  They upgraded her diaper to the next size up, which to me was surprising since it seemed like the old diaper was still to big.  I guess that is why we leave these decisions to the professionals and not the Blair and I.  Harli's weight was down a little at 1050 grams, or 2.5 lbs.  Hope these calories they are giving her does the job and allows our little angel to start putting on weight and gaining more strength. 

Blair continues to get better with each day.  She only has a few more days where she has to pump and dump her milk, and I'm sure it will make her feel much better when she starts pumping for a reason.  Blair was able to kangaroo Harli for two hours today, but Harli had two episodes while she was holding her, I think Harli misses the chest hair tickling her to keep her awake.  Blair said it was very scary, and the nurse was not sure if Harli feel deep asleep or if they were caused by positioning.  Blair said other than that it was amazing, so I am glad she is enjoying her.  I can not wait to get out there and hold her myself. 

Pray that Harli continues to grow and put on weight and that hopefully soon the doctors and nurses can remove her pick-line.  That will be another big milestone when we get to that point.

The diaper on the right is her new diaper and if you look at some of the pics it covers more than half her bottom.