6lbs!

Penelope is 6lbs 1oz, 4.5 times her birth weight! Not bad for being a little over 12 weeks old. Her ROP exam was a bit confusing for me today. The eye doc told me that it was 'maybe a little better', but it was also her first time examining Miss P. So, I took it with a grain of salt. This afternoon the official report was available and it still said "Zone 2, Stage 2, No Plus Disease". So as far as we are concerned its the same. This Sunday is my due date (eek!) and I have been told a few times that it usually gets better 'around' 40 weeks. That could mean 38 weeks or 42 weeks. I'm not really holding my breath for that either. So, I will continue to pour all my energy into bottle feeding practice, and hope that 40 weeks really is the magic number. Speaking of bottle feeding, it is getting a little better. Speech pathology is no longer watching her since her issue is simply that she needs more practice swallowing. He did recommend that we start doing bottles once every 12 hour shift. So the day nurse was going to make sure the night nurse knows that she needs to be working on bottles too. Penelope also got a mobile on her crib today. It plays music or ocean noises and has little fish that swing side to side. Her reaction was priceless! She stared at it for a good 20 minutes. I love her little expressions when she encounters something new!