Day 5 - Moving house
TODAY Millie did something her parents have tried unsuccessfully to do for the past year or more: she moved house.
She is now in an incubator, rather than an open tray.
Although incubators are bigger than trays and fully enclosed, they are step up and a sure sign of progress.
The incubator is still in the Peter Rabbit room (the room for the youngest babies) but she is now third in, rather than being on the end.
She weed as she was moved (which is good), is spending more time breathing without any help (good) and cries alot (good).
Another milestone today: Millie's name was printed in full more than 900,000 times and sent all over the world, courtesy of the Daily Telegraph announcements column.
This is something that her mummy wanted. It was also a novel experience for her daddy.
He is more accustomed to receiving money to see his words of wisdom published, rather than handing it over.
Daddy joked that he would be a millionnaire many times over if he was paid at the same lineage rate that the announcement cost. But it was still worth it anyway.
Each day mummy produces milk in increasing amounts. She expressed 38ml this morning, compared to 21ml yesterday evening.
The milk is stored in the freezer and will be used as and when required.
Meanwhile, the special baby unit continues to be very busy.
In fact, we learned that had Millie been born today, she would have been taken to be looked after at a hospital in Nottingham as there is no room for any more babies.
We continue to count our blessings.
Confirmed forthcoming visits to look forward to: John and Linda (this afternoon); Winston & Lynda (Saturday 25th).
posted by Johann @ 9:30 AM
2 Comments:
What a beautiful baby. Auntie Mary will be down to visit as soon as she can, but is looking forward to Millie being a little bit bigger by then!! Lots of love to Mummy and Daddy. xxxxx
P.S. Millie is already doing better than Phoebe was at this stage, so she can't be a southern softie after all!!
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