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 29 weeks and counting

Just some pictures of our gorgeous little girl today. Now four weeks old (29 weeks) and 1.265kg. At her weigh in this week I got to give her two kisses on her warm, soft, forehead. 

Not too much has happened in the last week, she’s growing big and increasing her feeds to 5ml an hour. She is becoming more alert and used to the sounds of my voice and Mr Ts voice. She greeted me with big wide eyes one day this week as I chatted with the nurses...

She has managed to fight off a couple of new infections, and the doctors are still working on closing her duct and getting her ventilation right. She had an ‘episode’ earlier this week and was given a teeny tiny bit of morphine to settle her down and give her a good night’s sleep.

It’s pleasing to see her developing personality, even at such early stages. Lily displays her displeasure when being handled by the nurses and likes to kick at them and swat them away with her arms. When it’s all too much she makes her alarms sound to make them back off, and then quickly recovers herself when they leave her be…she raises her hands to her head in exasperation as she contemplates her next blood test…too cute! Her face tells us when she is crying, sneezing, hiccuping and upset…when her ventilation tube is eventually out, there will be sounds to go with it. I can’t wait to hear a cry or a grizzle!

We have looked at baby pictures of Mr T and I this week and can see similarities and family traits in Lily girl.

Mr T and Mrs T

It still amazes me how strong and resilient she is, she takes it all in her stride and just keeps going.

She is getting quite the reputation for herself and has a couple of nurses who regularly come to check on her and make sure she is not misbehaving. When we go in to visit her it’s common for the nurses to have her wrapped and swaddled so that she can’t wrap her little fingers around her breathing tube…as Mr T says it keeps her from touching things she cannot afford!

Keep on keeping on little one!