31 Weeks Gestation

Binky Loving

 

Over this past week we have had exciting/boring days. Blakelyn has been doing really good. She has been doing everything right. As you can tell she has been loving her binky. Its a love hate for mom and dad. Its good for her to practice the sucking motion but at the same time its hard for her to remember to breath at a normal rate. Its just a part of the learning process. It is helping get her ready for bottle/nipple feeding so we try it off and on all day long and she loves it. She cries till she gets it and calms right down. Just like mommy was as a baby.

Over this week she has been getting FAT!!!! Last Friday she was at 1160gr 2lb 9oz Ben and I were so happy to hear she was finally up one whole pound from lowest weight. Then the next day we were floored she was at 1240gr the day after that she was at 1260gr. We were thinking oh my goodness she is getting big fast the booby milk and calories must be doing their job.

The next day was her first eye exam. We are always nervous for new things. The unknown of what could happen is the hardest part of it. They eye exam went well they say she handled it very well. Her eyes are still premature and they are going to check them again in 2 weeks. The next weigh in she had dropped down to 1180gr. It is very normal for her to fluctuate. The eye exam could have caused her stress which means burning extra calories. It is so crazy how that can play that big of a roll in her weight. She is still so fragile and can be up one day or even minute and change the next.

As the week went on we were on a pretty steady up in weight. Blakelyn then recovered to 1250gr to 1310gr. Today she is now at 1350gr the big number 3. Our little sassy girl has hit the 3lb mark, way faster then we could have ever imagined. She has changed so much over the past 6 weeks. She now have a double chin, starting to get a chubby bum, and chunky arms. We are here everyday and it still seems like she is changing over night. One day we came for our normal AM visit and she is in New Born diapers. HOLY COW!!! when did this happen... She is getting so big. She was having lots of blow outs and pooping all over her bedding so it was time for her to graduate to big girl diapers. They are huge on her like at first the micro preemie diapers were.  

Blakelyn continues to amaze us. The doctor has been weaning her down on the oxygen flow. She was up to the highest flow 4.0 and stating low at 22% ish. He started bumping it down to 3.5. Then to 3.0 and now she is at 2.5flow. Blakelyn is doing really well with it. Her oxygen percentage is around 24% to 35% all day long and her desats are fewer and less in-between then a few weeks ago. (21% is normal oxygen % you and I breath)

 

Dec. 12th 2014

Jan. 3rd 2015