We are trying to develop a routine where she breastfeeds for one feeding, pumps into a bottle, and I cupfeed Baby Brooklyn for the next feeding. This will help Capital M get some sleep to skip a feeding, and hopefully get her blood pressure down to a reasonable level. The nurses are also taking Baby Brooklyn to the Nursery at night time so that Capital M can focus on more sleep and the nurses just cupfeed Brooklyn the spare milk or formula as a supplement.
Capital M also had a blood test for her liver enzymes and those seem to be returning to normal. Mommy's on the mend!!
Baby Brooklyn, on the other hand had a carseat test and failed about halfway into it! :( Poor baby girl! They basically test the heartrate of the newborn babies while they're in their carseats so that they can see if they will endure the ride home, and the weekly visits to the doctors. Sounds like a GREAT idea, except for the fact that Lil Baby BK is so tiny, she wasn't meant to be crouched over curled up in her carseat just yet. So, they have to wait 24 hours to test her again, but they are going to try Level 2 which is testing her lying flat. This would mean that we would have to take her in a Snugli or the stroller as it's layed flat out. Stay Tuned!
Baby Brooklyn had her very first Manicure today (courtesy of Daddy!). She had this very content smile all over her face through the whole thing! Dangit, I'm gonna be in so much trouble when she gets older....
I TOLD you that Brooklyn has THE BEST "SIDE EYE" look!
People are saying that as she's filling out, she looks like a mini me! I'm cool with that!
I am getting a great edumacation on some cool drugs I will say. Adelat, Labetalol (sp?), Hydrolozyne, Magnesium, and my personal favorite, Tylenol 3's! :) Pretty crazy drug cocktail concoctions they can make in these hospitals, but all to a good cause, we are hoping!
Tomorrow is going to be our one-week anniversary of being in the hospital! I guess I shouldn't complain, the free Health Care system really has not failed us thus far. The support and help we are getting now is much better than going it alone and being home too soon.
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Don't you know that little girls wrap their daddy's around their pinkie finger?? Oh and she only looks like you at birth so you can connect with her on a whole notha level.... wait til she's like 2.5 Capital M will have it in the bag by then... Hee hee hee!!!
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