My First Bottle!!

Callie had her first bottle today!! It was so exciting! Yesterday, they extubated her midday and she had a relatively rough afternoon with Bradys, but that is to be expected the day after surgery. They started her on small feeds last night and put her back on full feeds today. She rebounded faster than we could have hoped for! This afternoon they decided to try her sucking on a bottle. It is very common for preemies to have issues with sucking, swallowing and breathing all at once and can take them several attempts before they get the hang of it. Our little Callie surprised everyone again. She had no issues with the bottle at all. They were hoping she would be able to take 5 cc's from the bottle and when we checked it, she had drank 7 cc's and wanted to keep going! We are so proud of our little girl! At this point, they will feed her this way pretty infrequently because preemies use a lot of calories sucking and she needs as many as she can get to grow. But this is a great sign of things to come! Also, Callie has officially doubled her birth weight...she is now 2 pounds 11 ounces!