Monday, September 22, 2008

5 Month Update

Leigh celebrated her 5 month birthday on Saturday. Of course her adjusted age is only 7 weeks. Either way, she has a lot to be proud of:
  • She's now 7 lbs 4 oz and 19 1/4 inches long. This is roughly DHV's size at birth.
  • She is taking all her feeds and meds by mouth now and no longer has an NG tube taped to her face.
  • She has been in room air (no supplemental oxygen) for a week.
  • She tolerated significant decreases in her vent settings very well this week.
As evidenced below, it appears that most of her weight gain is going straight to her cheeks.

Here she is demonstrating her fierce bottle skills (pre-NG tube removal). She is also modeling her very first Eagles outfit (more documentation to come).

DHV also has something to be proud of: his very first unchi in the toilet!

9 comments:

Nick C. said...

Is "unchi" Japanese for poopie?

Ella said...

Nice cheeks, LR!

Looks like that unchi hurt. Does DHV need some more fiber? Can we get a DKV unchi face to compare?

Pete said...

I never really thought about Elmo going unchi before. Seems like it would be messy, with all that hair.

Meanwhile, Leigh looks phenomenal!

Thea said...

Gorgeous babies!! Unchi??

Natasha said...

unchi is japenese for poop, thea

Congrats Baby Leigh this is wonderful news!

Anonymous said...

Leigh looks wonderful, and so does Danny. I'm so happy to see all of you looking so well and having some fun.

Love,
Karen

Anonymous said...

Yay for fat cheeks and unchis!
-Lezlie

Anonymous said...

she looks wonderful!!! love the cheeks! i have to laugh every time i see dvh, there is always something in every photo to futher evidence his long lost twin-ollie has that book too!!

we are so happy for you and continue to keep you in our thoughts.

erin and ollie

Anonymous said...

It look like you have a lot to be thankful for. I'm glad things are going so well now.