7 lbs 3 ounces!

Look at that bum

Going strong on her bottles.

Weight check tomorrow

He stares at her while she sleeps

Ruby's NG tube has been out since last Friday. On Tuesday we weighed her and she gained 2 ounces. She stresses us out - sometimes taking an entire bottle, sometimes barely an ounce - but she is getting the job done. We will weigh her again tomorrow morning. She got me off the hook for my library late fee today so we're cool.

Ruby weighs 6 lbs 12 ounces this week. Her bottle feeding progress is really hard for us to gage because we're so focused on the one we just gave and she's so inconsistent. Sometimes she'll take a whole one, sometimes half, sometimes we can barely get 10 mls in to her and there doesn't seem to be a common denominator. We're giving her a bit of a test over the next few days and we are going to start feeding her just what she will take by the bottle and nothing through her NG. Hopefully she's ready to make the connection and we'll have progress.

Otis isn't getting enough sleep these days either.

Bridgie is here. Rubers is happy.

We didn't make it 24 hours without the NG. What a let down. It's really hard to wake up a baby to feed her and I think the frustration is starting to wear on us. Yesterday she was out so cold, we didn't even try to wake her up. We gavaged the whole bottle. Someday she's going to want to eat all the time. I can't wait.

Here is the Moby wrap. Oh man, I love it. It may be way too hot in the summertime but I would absolutely invest in another one if there is a more breathable fabric. This weekend it will be in the 70's and Ruby and I will be strolling the neighborhood.

NG is still out and Ruby weighs 6 lbs 4 ounces.

I know what you are thinking. I'm a slacker. Sorry, man. I have a problem. I NEVER want to put this baby down. I don't even want to put her down to go to the bathroom. And it's not easy going to the bathroom holding a floppy baby. Well, she's not floppy but you know when they kind of throw their heads around more than they mean to.

Ruby pulled out her NG tube last night and we're giving her a trial run without it. Her last bottle took an hour to get down and she was pretty drool-y. We will see how the next one goes. I keep threatening her but I'm not sure I'm getting anywhere. She was much more agreeable while her aunts were here.