Tough Love

Charlotte has done really well over the past 24 hrs with her bottle feeding. She took 7 out of her 8 feedings all by bottle. At 6pm tonight she just didn't have enough energy left and only took about half. BUT the good news is that the days of everything being handed to our little princess are over. Since the swallow test that was done earlier this week showed no signs of any physical problems with her eating, the doctor has decided that she needs a little push. They have decided to put her on "on demand" feeding. This means that she won't be given formula every 3 hours no matter if she is awake or not. They are going to wait until she gets hungry, wakes up and shows signs (crying) that she is ready to eat.

The best news of all (drum roll please) is that they are going to take out her feeding tube tonight!!!!! Yay!!! If she doesn't do well within 24 hours with the bottle feeds they MAY have to put the tube back in but we won't talk any more about that. We are hoping that when we see our darling little girl tomorrow morning that she won't have any tubes. That will be the first time in 9 weeks that we get a true feel of what our baby girl looks like. If that is the case, you better believe you'll see some pictures tomorrow!!!