4 Pounder Club!

Chloe is now 4lb, 1oz!! She is still attempting three oral feeds a day, by breast or bottle. The other five feeds are done by feeding tube. She sleeps a lot so she is not always awake enough to do an oral feed, or she will be awake but falls asleep during the feed. They tell us we need to be patient and not push her--this is all normal. She should still be in my belly for 4 more weeks... Chloe is 36 weeks gestation today. The nurses keep telling me that she is calm and content. I love hearing those words. We are hoping it stays that way. :) The nurses described Cate as stubborn and a little fighter. Being a 28 weeker, I think it is good that she was the more fiery one. Thank you all for your prayers! If you would continue to pray for Chloe's oral feeds to improve we'd appreciate it.

Things are going well with Cate, although I don't see her much. I am at the hospital most of the day. We are missing her sooo much! Thanks to Duke's mom and my mom we are able to be at the hospital a lot more than we would be otherwise. I don't know what we would do without all their help right now. This would be much more difficult. Cate is saying new words everyday. One of her latest is "dada-wow"! She enunciates the wow part very well. She's hilarious. For as much as she cried non-stop when we brought her home, she never cries now. She is so happy! What a fun age. She is such a sponge right now. She is not the biggest eater. She likes solids much more than the bottle. The dr has her on pediasure right now for weight gain. When we give this to her we need to let her watch her favorite TV shows to distract her. We have two Oprah's tivoed that she watches for all bottles--Michael Buble and Black Eyed Peas. She smiles and claps whenever it comes on (4 times a day). Thanks for checking in on our girls!!