December 5th, Update

Madison has made it to 5lbs!!! She is now big enough to fit into her car seat! Little Maddie is still struggling with having a vigorous feeding. She is still so young and it is common for preemies to take longer because they don't have the stamina quite yet. It's possible that because Maddie was doing so well with everything else, that maybe her feeding tube was taken out prematurely. And,now she hasn't been able to keep up to where the doctors want her to be so she can maintain her weight when she goes home. In order to give little Maddie a break and allow her more sleep time to grow and allow her bottle feedings to be more vigorous, the nurse will be putting Maddie's feeding tube back in tonight so she can rest longer in between feedings. They think that after a day or so she should be able to handle her bottle feedings a little better and have more stamina every 3 hours when it's time to eat. We weren't excited to hear the tube would be going back in, but we want Madison to be strong enough to eat on her own. And, we wouldn't want her coming home before she's ready. We love our little girl and are so proud of her progress.