Ava Jane is proving to be somewhat of a diva already. We have talked about the Tommy Tippee bottle in past posts and we thought that was an answer to some of the feeding issues we are experiencing.
This week she wants nothing to do with Tommy and only wants the pre-packaged bottle and nipples from the hospital. Needless to say we now have 4 Tommy Tippee bottles waiting in he wings for her to change her mind next week!!
I mean Tommy Tippee is just so much sexier...
Ava had a fee vistors of the past couple days, aunt Kendra, uncle Luke, and Mimi and Papa.
Insert picture of Luke holding Ava... Wait he was to scared to hold her so you will have to imagine him awkwardly holding a baby like it is a ticking time bomb ready to explode, meanwhile chomping on his signature 18th piece of Orbit gum.
Ava has definately been getting the platinum treatment -- not only has she been able to navigate the iPad and finish all her Christmas shopping on Black Friday she has also figured out how to get YouTube on the big screen. She is very partial to the Baby Sounds of the Season.
She continues to do OK not great with her feedings. This morning she took 40 mls by mouth for Jill our nurse. But then turned around at noon and only took 10 mls. She was very tired though because of Luke's constant lip smacking she didn't get much of a nap after her morning feeding.
There has been some talk about the possibility of us taking her home with the feeding tube still in. All the nurses are very confident that we would be able to manage it properly - although we have some reservations.
We are concerned about the two other boys at home who might get curious and pull it out? What if she pulls it out? What if the pump fails? What if? What if? What if?
Now of course the nurses would show us how to handle all of these what if senarios, but I could also show somebody how to install a window, or Sarah could show somebody how to paint a picture -- that doesn't mean that something couldn't go wrong when doing it.
So at this point we have told the docs that we are not intrested in taking her home with the feeding tube until she shows us some more consistency in the amount she takes by mouth. Only Ava can tell us how long that will be. It may by 2 weeks, it may be 4.
When she is ready we will know, thats our job.
In the mean time she and the boys can continue to melt our hearts all she wants with these smiles!!!
Man she's cute! Xoxox Eileen
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