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Well that was the evening news. Now that it's morning I guess it's time to start on the morning news. Ellie has already been breathing much better with the high flow back on. It will be interesting to see how she progresses over the next week. Dr. Hall actually stopped by to check on Ellie when Mandy and I were there. She answered some of our questions and pointed out that the next couple weeks will be pretty big for Ellie. Soon she will transition to a crib. That's a big step but it means she'll have to do a better job of regulating her own temperature. She'll also have to spend some calories to keep warm which means more modest weight gains. It will also remove the protective barrier (formed by the isolette) from Ellie. This will increase her exposure to any germs that might be floating around in the room. Please pray about these two things. She will also be starting bottle feeding sometime in the next two weeks. This also takes more calories and tires her out. It also poses a potential for emotions to run high if she struggles. Please pray about this as well. I'm not sure how soon she'll be able to start breastfeeding. It depends on her really; she has to take an entire feeding (all 35+ mL) from her bottle before she is allowed to transition to breastfeeding. That transition poses even higher potential for emotions so please start/keep praying for that as well. That's all for round 1 of the morning news. For those of you who are still awake: Go to sleep! (I'm talking mainly to myself ... but then, I do that often.)