Overdue update from an exhausted Mom

Ella is doing great. She was discharged yesterday on oxygen. She also had her first appointment with her pediatrician. She weighs 5 pounds 8 ounces and is 16 inches long. On the growth charts for extremely premature infants (weighing less than 1 kilo at birth) she is 50% for her head circumference, 10% for weight and 2% for height. She will obviously never be very big and her height will likely never catch up. She is physically advanced for her adjusted age. She can turn her head from side to side and usually holds it up herself. She sleeps all day and stays awake all night. We'll be working on that! She is a happy sweet baby but she is convinced that she must be held. She also LOVES the baby swing. We may be investing in a second one for the bedroom. It is really hard having her on a monitor and oxygen because you can't just run and get things from another room. She is stuck. We are planning on leaving the oxygen on her for a couple of weeks and then we will re-evaluate. On a completely separate note I got a really yucky cold yesterday, feel kind of gross and hope I don't share it with little miss!