Feeding and Growing

Gabrielle is doing well. Her wt today was 2 lbs 2.8 oz. She is up to eating 19 cc every 3 hours and is doing well with it. She wakes up and starts sucking on her thumb and rooting around in her bed about 15 minutes before it is time to eat. They are also fortifying my breast milk, giving it more calories so that she can gain weight faster. She is now at about 160 kcal/kg which is what babies need to grow and gain weight. They will keep increasing the amount of milk she gets as she grows. The doctors said she will increase by about a cc per day. The average wt gain the doctors said to expect is between 0.5 to 1 oz per day. Tomorrow she will be exactly 3 weeks old and will be 33 weeks gestation. The nurse said tonight that she will talk to the doctor about starting to nurse her. She is getting old enough even though she is so tiny.