Good Times

It has been a few days since my last blog and you know how the saying goes, no news is good news. We have been continuing to see progress with Harper and she is even waking herself for every feeding. I was so excited as this meant not having to set an alarm during the middle of the night any longer. Her feedings have increased in volume as well. She takes anywhere between 60-90 ml each time. We do still have to encourage her proper sucking, with the technique the speech therapist had shown us, by simply squeezing in on her cheeks. It still looks funny to me but does the trick. She certainly fooled her Memaw though as she tried to feed her and although it appeared Harper was drinking, but because she wasn't holding her cheeks, Harper hadn't taken any in the 5 minutes or so my mother was trying to feed her. It can be very deceiving as she sucks voraciously but is simply treating it as a pacifier and not drawing anything from the bottle. Memaw has since learned the technique and is now a pro at it. She also has her Memaw wrapped around her precious little finger. Every time I think I have put her down, her Memaw has gone in and scooped her up into her arms. Oh, the time we will have unspoiling her once Memaw leaves but we wouldn't expect anything different. We go back to the pediatrician tomorrow morning for what I hope to be her last weight check. I believe she has gained enough to keep us from these in between appointments which should also put her back on a regular 20 calorie diet. I can notice such a difference in the way her clothing fits, she is no longer swimming in her NB sizes. I no longer have to do a cross over with the tabs on her NB diapers as well ;) I am so glad things with Harper are leveling out just in time for the chaos to begin for big brother and big sister returning to school tomorrow. Harper will just have to get used to being a 'hip' baby as we will have places to go and lots to do.