feeds are the name of the game

Brooklyn had a good day overall. She was happy all day other than when I put her back down in her bed after holding her for a while. She held quite the protest each time that happened. :) Her pain level has been much better and manageable with minimal pain meds. Progress! I worked with the nutritionist to start a new feeding plan today. That hasn't gone so well. We were moving toward more of a schedule instead of a continuous feed, about which we are thrilled. This means more and more bottle feeding and a schedule as opposed to Brooklyn being tethered to the feeding pump pole around the clock. Great in theory. But it seems that her little tummy isn't quite ready for higher volume over a shorter period of time. We had three feeds this afternoon/evening and three high-volume spit-ups. Doggone it! We have high hopes of moving toward scheduled feeds as this means more normalcy, but, as usual, we're taking Brooklyn's cues as to whether or not she's ready for that plan. So far, she doesn't quite seem to be. So I'll be running another plan by the nutritionist in the morning to confirm my proposed plan B. For now, we're back to a continuous feed overnight and hoping tomorrow is as good as today overall. If so, we're getting closer and closer to going home! And this sweet baby just keeping getting cuter and cuter... :) We'd love prayer for Brooklyn's tummy to handle the bolus feeds the schedule!

She was happy enough to given me lots of sweet grins and coos this afternoon... :)