So Keira has been doing very well since the last week. She now weighs 3 lbs 7 oz and is drinking 1 oz of milk every 3 hours. The NP told me that Keira will be moving to an open crib in a day or two! Right now she's in an incubator so that's wonderful news! Keira has started bottle feeding twice a day and breast feeding once a day. She's not that interested in the breast sometimes so at times I have to use a nipple shield. I hope she gets a liking to it because that's a great bonding experience for us. Another great bonding experience is Kangaroo Care. That means Keira and her dad or I have skin to skin bonding. This helps Keira keep warm, relax, enhance brain development, and helps mom (me!)produce more breast milk (not that I need any more!) I've been filling up two to three storage bottles every 2 hours that I pump. The NICU knows me as the mom with a lot of milk! Lol. All for my baby girl! Breast milk is better for babies and even better for preemies. Well that's all I have for now. I will leave you with a picture of Keira and dad doing Kangaroo Care.
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