Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Our big girl is now 12.lb !!!
One of the best parts of a doctor or nurse visit for us is Olivia's weight. Today was one of those days. Livi finally reached the goal that we had been waiting for a long time ..."12 lb" . Our little girl is finally growing :-)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Olivia loves her bottle!!!
It is such a wonderful feeling to be able to feed Olivia by bottle. Every other day we have been able to give her a bottle around 6 o'clock PM and has been going great. Seeing Olivia suck on that nipple and really coordinate her breathing it's really God's miracle. She is now taking about 2oz with no problem and be content at the end by keeping her oxygen levels in higher 90's.
At the doctor's appointment today Livi's weight was 11 lb 15 oz and 24 inch long. God is really watching over her and us everyday, thanks to all the prayers said for us from all our family and friends. Dr. Steinke didn't do any changes this week with her feeding beside increasing the formula-volume since Olivia is continuing to grow :-) .
I know I have mention it before how much Olivia loves bath time... it gets better... she can now sit up when I give her baths (with my help) and loves it even more because she gets to play with her legs and feet, splashing them like she is running... LOVE IT...
Her hair still sticks-up even though I got a big part of it combed down.
Also no matter how much lotion I put over her after bath-time it doesn't last long. Livi is continually putting both of her hands in her mouth (maybe teething soon) which has given her a new nick-name from Dada: "Daddy's Sour-dough bread"... got to love it...
We are so thankful with Livi's progress and can't wait for the years to come...
At the doctor's appointment today Livi's weight was 11 lb 15 oz and 24 inch long. God is really watching over her and us everyday, thanks to all the prayers said for us from all our family and friends. Dr. Steinke didn't do any changes this week with her feeding beside increasing the formula-volume since Olivia is continuing to grow :-) .
I know I have mention it before how much Olivia loves bath time... it gets better... she can now sit up when I give her baths (with my help) and loves it even more because she gets to play with her legs and feet, splashing them like she is running... LOVE IT...
Her hair still sticks-up even though I got a big part of it combed down.
Also no matter how much lotion I put over her after bath-time it doesn't last long. Livi is continually putting both of her hands in her mouth (maybe teething soon) which has given her a new nick-name from Dada: "Daddy's Sour-dough bread"... got to love it...
We are so thankful with Livi's progress and can't wait for the years to come...
Friday, July 3, 2009
Our Livi Grace is now 5 months old.
Olivia is now five moths old and more alert than ever. She loves to sit up ... with help, suck on her fingers, especially on the left index and doesn't like to be cover at night at all. It is so cute to see how upset she gets when you put even a light sheet on her... she wiggles her feet as fast as she can and starts pulling the corners of the sheet away from her making cute little sounds :-) .
She still loves bed time stories or mommy to sing to her in Albanian... puts her right to sleep.
Also twice a week with the home-nurses help Livi is taking milk out of the bottle and she is doing great. She is consistency taking 1 1/2 oz by herself and enjoying every single suck.
Yesterday we had her cardiology check up. She is doing so much better. Livi is now 11 lb 6 oz and 24 inch long (quite a difference to us from a four pounder when she was born).
Her cardiologist Dr. Lee had spoken to the surgeon in U of M and they think that they can wait to do the surgery until the end of September-beginning of October as long as she continues to grow.
Also her labs are way better to what they have been since she was born. We took Olivia every week to the nephrology office for check -ups since she was discharged from NICU but we're finally getting a brake and spacing those appointments out to every other week due to her progress... she is such a FIGHTER.
Peter and I can't tell her enough how blessed we are to be her parents. She is growing so fast and we can't be more happy with her progress :-)
She still loves bed time stories or mommy to sing to her in Albanian... puts her right to sleep.
Also twice a week with the home-nurses help Livi is taking milk out of the bottle and she is doing great. She is consistency taking 1 1/2 oz by herself and enjoying every single suck.
Yesterday we had her cardiology check up. She is doing so much better. Livi is now 11 lb 6 oz and 24 inch long (quite a difference to us from a four pounder when she was born).
Her cardiologist Dr. Lee had spoken to the surgeon in U of M and they think that they can wait to do the surgery until the end of September-beginning of October as long as she continues to grow.
Also her labs are way better to what they have been since she was born. We took Olivia every week to the nephrology office for check -ups since she was discharged from NICU but we're finally getting a brake and spacing those appointments out to every other week due to her progress... she is such a FIGHTER.
Peter and I can't tell her enough how blessed we are to be her parents. She is growing so fast and we can't be more happy with her progress :-)
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