Jane Update: Day 28

Jane continues doing well, and was up to 4 lbs and 2.2 oz as of yesterday. She seems so big, but that's only in comparison to where she was 4 weeks ago. She's still more than 2 1/2 lbs lighter than Lena or Clare were when they were born, and they were small babies.

She's started eating on her own this week out of a bottle. She had done one bottle earlier in the week, but yesterday was a breakthrough as she ate 3 full bottles, including one from Kathleen, and did all of this with no ill effects (though she did sleep for more than 12 solid hours after the third bottle).

Today it was Dad's turn with the bottle.

And here's a close-up for Jane finishing off the bottle. She also attempted to get Dad with a decent sized spit up, but this isn't his first rodeo. Nice try Jane!

The most common question we get is: when is Jane coming home? The answer: We don't know. We were originally told in the first few days after she was admitted to the NICU that the safe date to keep in our minds was her original due date (which was Sept. 24). The nurses said shortly thereafter that it might be sooner than that, but they've never discussed any specific date in the past 4 weeks. I have a friend at work who went through this recently who said they probably won't tell us until 1-2 before she's able to come home.

Jane was moved to her third room in the NICU and has all new roommates, two boys. She also rotates through nurses a lot, which is kind of frustrating. For the first week or so, we only met 3-4 different nurses. Now it seems like every day it's a different nurse, with a familiar face only every few days.

Overall our sweet Jane is doing great. She's growing, she's progressing, and she'll be home before we know it!