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.

I've been trying to set a goal for every day. Nothing too lofty. Nothing lofty at all in fact. One day it was take a shower. Another day it was do one load of laundry. Yesterday it was go for a jog. Today it was take Ruby on a walk. I have to go ahead and give myself a little pat on the back because every day that I set a goal, I met it. And even though they are really things I have to do anyway, it feels like we accomplished something. And that always feels good, doesn't it?

Plus, Ruby saw the surgeon yesterday. For the last time. AND she weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce. So excellent.

Here's Rubes in her Moby wrap. She loves it. I love it. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow (maybe that's my goal).

She is 5 pounds 10 ounces. Just barely meeting her weight gain goal. Some days she will wolf down almost her whole bottle every time. Other days, we can't wake her up for anything. We know she can do it, she just needs to want to.

Russell is really good at swaddling her.

I think he loves her.

Usually when I have the curtains open, Otis will bark at ANYTHING that walks/drives/rolls by. He's not barking.

Ruby liked St Patrick's Day more than she let on.

I'll be working on a better pic for you, CM...

First Drs appointment (& first trip out of the house)? Done. Ruby is up! She is presently 5 pounds 7 ounces and 17 1/4 inches long. Our goal weight gain is 3-7 ounces per week. She'll have another weight check next Thursday.

She's really wasted after all that laying around and having people look at her.

Ruby has her first appointment with her pediatrician in less than an hour and a half. Now the question is: how long is it going to take us to get out the door? Crap. I still haven't showered. And wait, what goes in this diaper bag, again?

I hope you can excuse me - I can't be blogging right now. I have to go report to the authorities that be that Ruby's place of residence has changed.

No luck getting home tonight. Our neonatologist wants to see Ruby gain weight again tomorrow. I will weigh her at 2:30 this morning. I've never been so excited to wake up at 2:30 in the morning.

She was up all night and she slept all day. Russell didn't sleep at all either and he had class at 7:30. I spent the entire day here. How many hours has it been since I've left this place? I don't want to count. We laid around in bed all day long. Right now I'm reading a book/staring at Russell & Ruby - they are both sleeping.

Here is Russ trying to get Ruby's diaper changed. Every time he turned around to throw away his wipes, she was going again. 4 diapers later the job was done.

We're going home this week.

Russell is taking baby CPR, we're doing a carseat study and tonight we're spending the night with Ruby. Would it be weird to get pizza delivered to our hospital room?

Here's rooting for Tuesday!!