I just got back from visiting our girl for her 2:30pm bottle feed and was told some great news. Emma has been doing so good with her nipple feeds that she has been upgraded from every other feed on a nipple to nipple as tolerated. This basically means that she is getting the bottle at EVERY feed. She has two more steps essentially to get to go home. One, she has to finish every bottle for a 24 hour period. She is pretty close to that. She did almost 40 out of 50 for me today and did all 50 for the two feeds before that. They will try not to push her too hard the first day or so just so she doesn't get too worn out, but so far so good. After that, then they go to on demand feeding, which means when she cries and is hungry, then they feed her rather than the every 3 hours schedule. If she tolerates that, then she gets kicked out to come live with her very excited parents! We are thrilled and will keep you all up to date on her progress.
Tomorrow night is New Years Eve. WOW! The end of 2009 was a doozy but we are looking forward to spending 2010 with our beautiful baby girl. Our plan is to have dinner somewhere in Reno and then head to the NICU for Emma's 11:30pm feeding so we can ring in the New Year with our favorite person. We wish you all a blessed and happy 2010 and thank you yet again for your continued support, prayers and love! We know we have the best friends and family in the world!
Love,
Matt, Sara and Emma
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