T-Minus 10 Weeks

Since we are counting down to zero with Miss Charlotte, we still refer to her progress in terms of gestational age. She will be 30 weeks tomorrow. We are still seeing an upward trend in her weight. She is really packing on the grams now :) Last night's weigh in was 1070 grams or 2 pounds 6 ounces. She can't maintain her own body temperature until she weighs approximately 2000 grams, so we still have quite a bit of work to do there.

Today she took her pacifier and really went to town on it. You could almost hear the sucking noises outside her incubator. She even held it herself. Part of her development will be to learn to suck, swallow, and breath all at the same time. She won't be able to eat without a tube until she can master that, so the pacifier is an important learning tool for her. It also helps strengthen all the muscles she will need to eat.