Not much has changed since yesterday with Olivia. She is still doing well and gaining nicely. Although she did lose a bit of weight last night she's still over 600 grams! She weighed in at 610 grams last night so that's good! She's slowly going up! (Be sure to check out her new growth chart I created!)
Today she was put on HMF (Human Milk Fortifier) which is substance that is added to her milk to add extra calories and nutrients. This will allow her to gain more calories and nutrients without having to feed her more to make her grow. She is still so tiny that you don't want to feed her too much to gain weight as her little body wouldn't do well. The HMF will help her accomplish this. She was also put on a bit of salt in her milk as well because her sodium is a bit low as well.
Olivia had some new visitors today as well:) My mom is still here with me this week but my Friend/Student Larry came in today to see her. I think he was a bit shocked as to how tiny she was. It really is hard to picture how tiny she is by just looking at photos of her as sometimes the photos make her look bigger than she actually is. My mom compared her to a Big Mac from McDonalds today. That's about how tiny she is and how much she weighs!
Today she was put on HMF (Human Milk Fortifier) which is substance that is added to her milk to add extra calories and nutrients. This will allow her to gain more calories and nutrients without having to feed her more to make her grow. She is still so tiny that you don't want to feed her too much to gain weight as her little body wouldn't do well. The HMF will help her accomplish this. She was also put on a bit of salt in her milk as well because her sodium is a bit low as well.
Olivia had some new visitors today as well:) My mom is still here with me this week but my Friend/Student Larry came in today to see her. I think he was a bit shocked as to how tiny she was. It really is hard to picture how tiny she is by just looking at photos of her as sometimes the photos make her look bigger than she actually is. My mom compared her to a Big Mac from McDonalds today. That's about how tiny she is and how much she weighs!
This evening Olivia got more visitors! Jeff came along with his Parents, Don and Marcy. So great to see she's so loved!
Not much else has changed today so I can get to sleep early tonight since it's shorter blog post!:) Hoping tomorrow I'll get to hold my little princess again. I miss her...
Love you, Olivia! You're the best!
-Monique
Not much else has changed today so I can get to sleep early tonight since it's shorter blog post!:) Hoping tomorrow I'll get to hold my little princess again. I miss her...
Love you, Olivia! You're the best!
-Monique