3 Pounds!

She officially hit 3 pounds today! She looks gigantic to me! Today her feeds were increased to 10Q3 of fortified milk. There were no respirator changes.  Her day was quiet until about 5:30 when she tried to pull out her breathing tube! I always check her before I leave the room, and I usually tell her where I'm going (force of habit with Lucille!) This afternoon I stepped out of the room for 5 minutes, and when I left she was sleeping. When I came back in she had managed to get the tape off her face and was pulling on her breathing tube! I grabbed some nurses and they came in to fix it. If it weren't for her palate plate she probably would have pulled it right out! After all the excitement of getting cleaned and re-taped, she was awake and alert. Usually I only get to see her awake for about 2 minutes in the morning. This time it was probably 10 minutes. She is able to open her eyes all the way now. She can't really see yet because her eyes are still underdeveloped, but she can tell where the light is, and she looks in the direction of noises. She and I had an interesting conversation. I told her about her awesome room at home, and she gurgled/snored in response. :-)

Also, today she burped on her own. Usually they pull the gas out of her stomach via her feeding tube before each feeding. This afternoon while I was reading I heard what sounded like a tiny drain that was backed up. Then I realized it was her burp coming up through the feeding tube. Oh the stories I'm going to have to embarrass her when she's older!