Her feedings are going well, today they are at 38 mL and have been lowered to 24 calories per ounce. This is part of a transition back to 22 calories per ounce by the time we take her home. She's had great weight gain since they moved her to the 26 calorie per ounce food that she's been on the past week. She gained 30 grams yesterday, 50 g the day before and 50 g the day before that. That's 5 ounces in three days! The dietician said her average over the last week was 37 grams per day. They're shooting for 20 - 30 grams per day. That's part of the reason they're taking the calories down, to slow down the weight gain a bit.
So obviously she's been gaining weight very well lately. But today she might have a bit of a challenge tipping the scales because she lost quite a bit of weight at her last diaper change. We were changing her diaper before her bath. Oh, by the way ... we gave her another bath today! Well the nurse was kind enough to help me change her and as she was wiping, Ellie let out a big stool. This time it was more like ... nevermind. Suffice it to say that she had already filled up the inside of her diaper and she decided to fill up the outside as well.
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