Feeding Frenzy

Evening all,

Onward and upward. Our little munchkin has turned out to be quite a guzzler! She took four of her eight feeds through a bottle yesterday, one in under 5 minutes! It seems that slowing down is not in Bea's agenda. She's doing so well that her doc wrote orders to begin weening her O2, but alas the little one isn't quite ready for that (she is hovering between needing 1/8 and 1/16 of a liter of O2).

We had a little scare this afternoon in which her oxygen was mistakenly turned off for a few minutes. Bea "desatted" and needed some help to get her color back - a hard reminder that our feisty girl still needs help to breathe. If she keeps up her feeding frenzy, then we are bringing baby home with her oxygen tank - yikes!

M&D are in the final push (this time we mean it) to set up Bea's room this weekend, attempt a crib assembly, put up shelves...wish us luck as neither of us is particularly handy with a hammer. It is wonderful to finally feel like homecoming is imminent, though, and M spent a glorious afternoon washing and folding itty bitty baby clothes. Please note the spectacular "Team Beatrice" onesie and T-shirts - huge thanks to JG for these treasures.

Story time:

This evening's story was Dr. Suess's "The Sneetches", read by Daddy. (Thanks, GF!) Following the reading, D & Bea had lively discussion about the theme of the story. D insisted that it was an inciteful critique of a superficial, materialistic society, while the Little One thought Suess was trying to make a point about the importance of napping, eating, and pooping. We agreed to disagree.

Anyhoo... we've been getting lots of questions about Bea and Bea's future recently, so we thought we'd start a "Bea FAQ." Tonight's question is a summary of several different inquiries.

• Question: What are M&D going to do for childcare?
• Answer: We'll see. M&D have been told that daycare is out of the question for at least a year or so. Our Little Princess's immune system probably won't be strong enough to tolerate such a germ-factory environment. Over the short term, M will be taking a leave of absence from her phd program (thanks, M!). Over the long term... well, we'll see.
  

Tomorrow's subject: 02 tanks. Stay tuned.
All the best to everyone. Keep the comments and emails comin'.

Team Beatrice (Carol & Ian)