Millie's Milestones

Day 45 - Let sleeping babies lie

THE doctors have stopped feeding milk to Millie.

She had a very small amount of bile when they checked her this afternoon and it was a slight yellow-green colour.

This indicates that her tummy might still be poorly.

Mummy is worried, but daddy would like to reiterate that it was an extemely small amount of bile.

Nevertheless, we aren't sure how long it will be before Millie is fed milk again. It might be a few hours or days - we forgot to ask.

But when daddy visited the hospital this evening, he thought Millie looked back to her old self.

She was sleeping, and looked very snuggly.

Daddy didn't get a cuddle because he didn't want to wake her. But he did take a couple of photos.

At times like this, it's best to let sleeping babies lie.

Millie makes lots of noise when awake because the small amount of milk was not enough to fill her up.

For the time being, she will have to go hungry and rely on the drip for nutrients so she continues to grow.

Millie gained 20 grammes over the past 24 hours and now weighs 1.980kg (4lbs 6 ounces).

We hope to find out on Tuesday (4 April) when the doctors will try feeding more milk.

Maybe today's bile was a blip and they will restart the milk soon.

The other option is buying some earplugs and waiting a few more days.

posted by Johann @ 7:35 PM