Tuesday 21st July 2009

In, out, in out. Look at me doing my exercises and stretching those long pins of mine. Mummy says I'll need a bigger babygro soon, as my legs are so long they are reaching the end of my 5lb clothes. Even through I only weigh 1,812g which is just a smidgen off 4lb. I think that means I'm long and thin, unlike my sister who had very short legs apparently - that's because she arrived so early. My nappy is actually looking like it nearly fits me now - it's a Pampers micro nappy - and I get through about 6 of them every day. They are for little babies like me between 2 and 5lb, so hopefully I'll graduate into a bigger size soon enough. I saw the Consultant Dr McCormick today. He was very pleased with my progress, and told mummy that I shouldn't have to stay here in special Care for much longer. I've just got to keep going with my sucking. I tried sucking with mummy again this morning and did a bit better than yesterday, and I'll try another bottle with daddy this evening. I managed a whole bottle with daddy yesterday, so I'm determined to do it again tonight. I'm alternating tube and sucking feeds at the moment, so I need to progress onto doing all sucking as soon as I manage to have enough energy! Mummy read me a Winnie the Pooh story this morning, which was lovely. It was great fun hearing about Christopher Robin and all his pals. I'm looking forward to the next installment tomorrow. I think I am being weighed tonight, so we'll see how much weight I've put on. Hopefully I'll hit that magic 4lb, how exciting.