Mattigan is doing fantastic. She's the tiniest bit away from 5 lbs. She gets to wear clothes now and believe it or not is outgrowing her preemie outfits! We can't tell you how nice it is to see her outgrow something. Even if her preemie clothes are freaking cute because they are so tiny.
Does that make you laugh? Having such a tiny baby makes us look at newborn clothes that we would normally think 'ooooh how cute! look at how little these are!' and now say 'wow, these are giGANtic!'.
Matti is still mastering the bottle. Some feeds she has no interest in trying the bottle and others she drinks half of it while yet other times she downs the whole thing in one go. Her bottle is 50 cc's.
She is being given protein to help with her growth and weight gain which has been totally normal. As well as vitamins including vitamin D and iron. Her hemoglobin was slightly low but this is what often occurs in 2 month olds. So no worries.
Matti's second eye exam was good. Vessels are still immature, which was expected, so she'll have another eye exam in 2 weeks.
Her hearing will be tested in another week or so.
She will get her first shots in a couple more days.
Matti's heart murmur is still intermittent. Sometimes a doctor or nurse can hear it, sometimes they can't. It hasn't caused any issues so we are still just keeping an eye, or should we say ear, on it. Will most likely resolve on its own.
So we are in the final stretch to take our girl home. The last hurdles still remaining - 1) Matti taking all her food via bottle so we can ditch the feeding tube 2) Matti passing the car seat test. The car seat test is given by putting Matti in her car seat for the length of time it will take to drive her home. This is to watch her breathing to make sure the seating position doesn't cause her any issues.
So we are very close to Matti joining us at home. We can't wait but we're trying to be as patient as possible. When she's ready, she's ready. :)
Hi Kids,
ReplyDeleteHave been thinking about you and Matti and RE-discovered your blog. What a wonderful way to keep everyone up to date on Matti's progress. Our nephew has twins that were born at 30 wks and they just went to their 1st Prom! (Age 17). Outlook is limitless! Your all in our thoughts! Love, the Barth Cousins....Don and Mo