Three, Oh...It's a Magic Number

This has been a big week for Teagan!  She has hit THREE POUNDS!  I know that doesn't sound like a huge number - but in preemies, I can assure you - it's a very big deal!  She's starting to put on some definite "baby weight" and is cuter every day.  I'm a little biased, though.  She did need to go back on her nasal canula - she's off oxygen, but still needs just a little puff of air to remind her to breathe.

I had a seminar in New York late August, which is part of why this post is a bit delayed.  It was worth it, though I missed Teagan and Ian a lot.  I experienced my first ever earthquake (aftershocks) on Wall Street and evacuated down 30 flights of stairs in the Chartis building in bare feet.  My feet are still crazy swollen from the HELLP syndrome, and while I didn't have one - I certainly could have used a drink!  And I gained the experience of traveling through JFK with a carry-on breast pump.  Just leave it to say I had some 'splainin to do with the security guards!

 I got back in time for a little get-together godmom Sydney threw!  We had a pot-luck BBQ and got to see lots of friends and family!

Lovely day for a party!

Teagan's First Louis Vuitton!  Glam Girl!

Building Teagan's Library!

Sydney's Onesie Cupcakes

Ian had a long day at the grill

 Teagan also started wearing clothes!  This onesie is a little on the big size, but she's getting the idea.

Um, I might need the EXTRA small...

Hi!

I's hiding in my tulip hat...

 In addition to her nasal canula giving her that little puff of air, her feeding tube has been moved to her nose as well.  She is getting about 34 mL of milk with fortifiers over 30 minutes every three hours.  She has also been put on a "strenuous" physical therapy program with a pacifier.  We're trying to build up her ability to suck, swallow and breathe so she can start bottle or breast feeding.

Perhaps a binkie?

Nothin' doin - it's nap-time

This is one of the last videos of Teagan in an isolette!  And one of the first of her in clothes!  She's just on her canula and her nasal feeding tube.  The wire around her foot measures her blood oxygen levels and the green, black, and white small wires measure her heart rate and breathing.  It seems like a lot, but we're working on getting rid of the canula and the feeding tube!

Teagan has been doing really well with her stats, too.  No apneas or bradys for the past couple days.  Her eye exam showed a level 1 ROP - that's scar tissue built up on the retina in her left eye.  It often happens in babies that are on oxygen for a long period of time and at level 1 is just monitored.  If it increases, then we start treatment to avoid blindness.  We should have another eye exam in about a week.  She has been such a little trooper.  The exams are really hard on her eyes, I have to leave the room while they do the exam.  She also had her first vaccinations this week.  We had to wait a few weeks until she had built up enough muscle to give them to her!  She was a little cranky that day but overall handled all the procedures very well.

 

 

Check out my new crib!

And the big surprise this week was moving out of the isolette into a new crib!  This means she is able to regulate her own temperature! We celebrated by bringing her a new blanket and her Twilight Ladybug nightlight that shines the stars on the ceiling for her.  One step closer to coming home - September is gonna fly by!