Clare was quite a doll today. We're starting to sync better with her feeding times (or she's starting to realize when we get there) and she's just lapping down the milk! Today at two feedings it took no longer than about 15 minutes to feed her. Granted, she is still only getting about 9 ml of milk, but man, at 8 PM she had that down in about 5 minutes!
We have a little concern about the lack of stool. Our nurse today told us that she may request a suppository, but the evening nurse said that with her feeds just starting yesterday, it isn't at all weird that she hasn't had a bowel movement, so we best hold off on such things. I think Amanda was concerned because laxatives are such an assult on adult bowels, imagine being 34 weeks gestation and having them. We'd love to have a big green surprise in one of those Pampers, but we can wait too.
We are loving our contact with Clare now. We either breast or bottle feed her every three hours, and one of the things that's a joy is to burp her. We like the old school way: put the cloth on the shoulder and pat the back, listening for the burp. It's just so nice to hold her for a little bit afterwards, as with a little milk in her, she usually falls asleep after the burp, right there on the shoulder. Pretty sweet! It's still kind of a drag, though, as we do have to put her down right afterwards. She's a preemie, after all.
Of course, we are now starting to struggle over car seats, which ones are really safe and all that.
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