here to go back to the starting page.November 15, 1998
Chloe had her first bath with both mother and father present today and she seemed to love it - she has been changed from high calorie milk back to Cow & Gate premium milk and she has been feeding well again on the bottle - at one point she took 70mls. Shannon has been taking alternate bottle and NGT feeds but she is getting the idea of sucking on the teats.
Shannon did take 23mls from a bottle for mum today but still had to have 20mls put down her tube - Chloe on the other hand took 50mls from the bottle for dad.
Chloe's bilirubin levels are in the no treatment needed bracket at the moment but they are going to test her levels again on Monday.
November 16, 1998
Two weeks old today!!, this morning before work I decided to call the hospital for a status report, it was all good news, Chloe is now feeding on demand (when she crys for food she gets it!), she took 90mls this morning doing exactly that. Shannon on the other hand is still getting used to sucking and she is alternating between bottle and tube feeds but she is getting there.
After arriving at the hospital we were told we could go into the parent's room with the two babies because it was quieter then the ward room, both babies had been fed, Shannon had at long last taken a feed totally from the bottle, and Chloe had fed again on demand.
Both babies now weigh 4lbs 8oz which is above their birth weights. Shannon seems to have got rid of her 'sticky eye' which is nice to see too!
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