Bernadette

Arielle’s growth has continued to amaze us and she is now 1880 gm which is a gain of 94 gms in two days. We called at 4am this morning to check her weight as she is usually weighed during the night. They told us that she had moved into Special Care Nursery 1 (aka Fattening Farm) as she is doing so well and that she had not yet been weighed as we could do that when we came in. We were also told we could give her her first bath. So we went in this morning and gave Arielle her first bath at age 16 days. Cam did the actual bath and I recorded the event as I am still petrified of drowning her (same as I was with Tiernan and it took me months before I had the confidence to bath him). Arielle loved the bath as the photo shows. She then had a little drink off me before deciding the tube feeding was a much easier option. She then had a nice cuddle with daddy before becoming a little kangaroo in my pouch (also known as my shirt). She is now only 120 gm off reaching the desired 2 kg which should take her no time to achieve. We now just have to get the feeds under control and she will be home.

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