New Pictures

Check out the new pics in the slideshow above. You can also see the larger pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/brentbushey.

We took Madeleine to her first visit at the pediatrician today. The meeting was essentially designed to introduce the two of them and allowed the doctor to set a baseline. Madeleine weighed in at 5 lbs 12 oz. (we're back to the English system-- only hospitals use metric.) Kirsten will take Madeleine back on Monday so that we can track her weight gain. Ideally, we'll see a steady weight gain over the next few months so that we can schedule her re-attachment surgery. The other breakthrough is that the Doctor agreed that we can cut back on night feeding so long as we don't subtract from the daily amount of food needed. Madeleine is supposed to take 400 cc's/day-- at 8 feeds of 50cc's. We'll increase her day time feeds about 5 cc's and that should allow us to skip the 3am feeds. (This all assumes that Madeleine doesn't wake up at 3AM). It will be really great if we can feed her at midnight and then sleep until 6am-- cross your fingers that we're able to do this.

That's all-- have a good day and enjoy the pictures. We'll continue to post as we take more pictures.