BASSINET AND EYES

Ava gained a whopping 5 grams since yesterday, still holding steady around 4.5 lbs. She has been working really hard on her feedings and weaning from her isolette that she is burning more calories now. She will start gaining more weight over time. She is finally totally out of the isolette, even the warmer. Now, she is in a bassinet...the one that I said looks like a tupperware container :-) She is doing well with her bottling. She is actually really good at pacing herself. She just kind of poops out about mid-way through a bottle. She has been consistently getting about an ounce in and then they usually tube the rest. She will get better and better every day. It is hard for her because it seems like every day something new happens that makes her tired. Yesterday she had a bath so she was tired from that. Today, she had her eye exam and that is hard, so she is tired from that. Hopefully tomorrow she will have nothing! The eye exam looks good. Her eyes are still immature but no signs of ROP (retinopathy of prematurity). She will have another exam in two weeks. They typically continue the exams until their eyes are fully mature.