First outing, weight gain, progress, progress!

Olivia went outside for the first time yesterday! Our friends Tina and Steve came by in the morning and we borrowed a pram from the hospital and went for a walk! This was one way of circumventing the visting hours policy- we can always go out to see visitors even if they can't come in!

So it was a nice, if short, walk out to the field next to the hospital. It was really windy so we came back in pretty quickly, not wanting Olivia to cool off too much. Short outing, but an outing nonetheless.

I have had a couple of emails about her weight gain and how impressive it's been. Dad mentioned that if she keeps this rate up she'll weigh several tons by the time she's 20! I just did the calculation based on her current rate and she'll actually be a svelte 456.25 pounds- now that would be impressive... but hold on to your hat, because in the last 2 days she's gained another 2 ounces, tipping the scales at 4 pounds 4 ounces yesterday. That's what we like to see.

She's continuing to get better at breastfeeding too, and we're feeding her less through the tube, which is all good.

And as a final developmental note, her umbilicus fell off yesterday!