Due date

Today is Elyse's original due date, meaning she is now 40 weeks old!  It also means that her corrected age rolls over to "0" (I sure wish I could have done that to a few of my birthdays too!).  As of 6am this morning she has reached full feeds again, and tolerating them beautifully.  It's amazing how much development takes place over just a week or two -- all of a sudden she has perfected the suck-swallow-breathe technique, and doesn't need any help pacing herself or remembering to breathe anymore.  In fact, these past few days she would have downed her whole bottle in about 30 seconds if we had let her.  When I try to interfere I can almost feel her saying "Mom, I've got this! Back off!"

happy due date Elyse!

She was moved back into an open cot today, which is nice.  She has outgrown most of her preemie-sized clothes, so we're moving up to the newborn ones -- yay!  We are finding that she is starting to have longer stretches of being awake and alert, which is more typical of a newborn.  She also loves her cuddles more and more, and will often protest when we try to put her back to bed.  I just cannot wait until she is home, and we can interact with her as often as we want, instead of fitting it into the small blocks of time that we can be with her.  I have a feeling she isn't going to be put down very much!

back in an open cot

So things are positive, but we are still in "wait and see" mode.  The doctors have not made any discharge plans as of yet -- they want to monitor her for the next 24 hours, to make sure that she is tolerating her full feeds ok.  Hopefully tomorrow they will have a plan for the next few steps... and hopefully it will include the ones out the door!