Super Baby!!

Yesterday was Adele's big 'first bottle' day. I went to visit at 6 and was nervous and excited to see how she'd do with this new challenge. At this point to come home she needs to take all her feedings by breast or bottle, and not have any A/B spells for 7 days, so I hoped that she'd suck on the bottle a little and show some kind of interest in it to give me hope that she'll come home some time before her 1st birthday ;-). Well, as usual she went way beyond what I (and the nurse) expected, and drank her whole 40ml bottle. Then she did it again for Ben this morning, and again this afternoon for me. She's a milk drinking champion!

(All that effort makes her sleepy!)

She's on 3 bottles a day now (out of 8 feedings), and they'll add another one every day or two depending on how she handles it. In addition to this, next week they are going to be doing all the tests and evaluations that I've been told they do prior to discharge, so hopefully we'll be able to take her home in the next couple of weeks! Exciting!

Fiona is also learning all kinds of new things... her new favourite thing is Elmo, and she'll stand by the TV and yell "Ehmo... Ehmo..." until I turn on Sesame Street for her. She also has a little book about Elmo that she likes to carry around with her. Here's a picture of her completely fascinated with watching Elmo on tv...

I tried to get her to smile for me but she was totally distracted and couldn't tear her eyes away from the screen!

So goofy!