One Step Closer

Yesterday, Cate's gavage (feeding) tube was removed to see how she does feeding on her own. The verdict is still out, but we're hoping the next weigh in reveals that she's still packing on the pounds (or at least ounces). I'm thinking my newly adopted donut-only diet will surely help. In the meantime, it's just nice to see her sweet baby face without attachments.

Lela seems to think the nurses are playing some sort of practical joke with the bottle business; she'll only eat about half of her total feeding from a bottle at this point. We'll address her concerns in our family meeting this afternoon. If that doesn't work, we may have to bust out our "tough love" parenting strategies and let her know that her NICU bill will have to start coming out of her weekly allowance.