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for the growing part, not the 'sips part

you're slacking as a parent in that regard dude, get to work on the gig 'em

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see pic on page 1

i will tell you that coincidentally while reading this thread my office became remarkably dusty and some sort of salty discharge was making it's way out of my eyes. just in case it happens to any of yall.....

NOW GET THAT GIRL SOME PUDDING! STAT!

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i will tell you that coincidentally while reading this thread my office became remarkably dusty and some sort of salty discharge was making it's way out of my eyes. just in case it happens to any of yall.....

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Somehow the same thing happened in my office!

She's a little miracle and I know many are praying for her.

oh my goodness i didn't realize how little she is until it clicked with me that that is a pacifier in her mouth on page 4! WOW!!!

congratulations on the little miracle and i can't wait to watch her continue to grow!

Quick! take her to Fogo de Chao!! She's a beautiful little angel, keep us posted! God Bless!

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oh my goodness i didn't realize how little she is until it clicked with me that that is a pacifier in her mouth on page 4! WOW!!!

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and that's not even a 'full sized' pacifier. It's a preemie sized one.

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i will tell you that coincidentally while reading this thread my office became remarkably dusty and some sort of salty discharge was making it's way out of my eyes. just in case it happens to any of yall.....

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I will tell you my 'allergies' have been acting up quite a bit too... especially the first week.

Seriously, things start out so confusing... you are supposed to be happy, but it's very hard because you are so scared.

Anyway, progress has been nothing but good to this point and we are so thankful.

Many thanks for any t&p you've said and any you will say.

she's beautiful ada

she is growing so much

1235grams tonight!!

I don't know how I missed this thread before.

My oldest daughter was exactly the same size, although she came out two weeks later (29 weeks}. These pictures REALLY bring back some memories. Except for the fact that my daughter was always on room air, the pictures look exactly like her. For what it's worth, my daughter never had any after effects as a result of her small birthweight. She is still tiny, but given the fact that she, her mother and her sister don't add up to an off sides penalty when you take the sum of their heights, I don't think being premature was the primary factor when it came to her size.

We didn't have the typical hospital birth pictures, so we asked them to take a footprint of her tiny feet, I copied them on adhesive paper, and we sent out birth announcements with footprints on them. I think the selection for preemie clothes these days is much better than it was when my daughter was born, but we resorted to getting "Cabbage Patch Preemie" clothes (especially sleepers) and they were still too big but they fit her pretty well when she went home at 4 lbs. 5 oz.

One other thing we did when we took her home was to get her a teddy bear that was bigger than her (not hard to find) and take a picture of her next to the teddy bear once a week for a year. It was a great way to track her growth and she loves looking at those pictures now. On her first birthday, we took a picture of her holding the teddy bear in her lap.

Congratulations. When you take her home, it will be like celebrating her birth all over again. And one more thing: when our daughter came home after over two months in the NICU, she would not sleep unless there was a lot of noise and light. She didn't like the dark, and she didn't like quiet.

ada, my precious Puddin is just getting started...she is growing like crazy!

Tell her I love her tonight.

Boston's description of his daughter not liking to sleep at night without noise and light struck a chord. My twins were born at 35 weeks. Son went home with me but daughter stayed in the NICU another month. Son was pretty much sleeping all night by the time she came home. It took another month for her to adjust herself to sleeping all night. Son decided he was going to be like his sister so we had stereo crying at night.

Puddin' weighed in at 1330 grams last night which is damn near 3lbs!

Go back and compare her in this caterpillar pic to the 12/17 pic!

WOW!!!! She's huge compared to then!!! That was a great idea having a comparison object beside her.

lil ada is cute

She is beautiful....I have a friend going through the same thing here....born at 25 weeks and less than two pounds in October...now he is over 4 and a half pounds...

I hate that she had to come out so early and I can't imgaine what you are going through but I am so happy that she is growing and I will keep her in my thoughts!!!!!

WOW, Puddin is gettin some love handles!

Happy New Year!



She is up to 3lbs 10oz now!

Happy New Year to you!

I was wondering how she was doing. Glad to see that she continues to do well!

she is too precious for words
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

That worm is shrinking or my Puddin is growing!

Happiest of New Years!

i'm sorry i've missed this thread up until now. what a difference since she was first born! she's beautiful, ada. i hope you get to take her home very soon!!