Upon returning to the NICU this afternoon, our nurse caught us in the hall. She said that Kinley must have seen us leave last night and decided she needed to go home, too.
Late this morning, Kinley took 15 mL before tuckering out and having to have the rest gavaged. Then, at her first afternoon feeding, she happily gobbled up 45 mL — 7 mL more than she was scheduled to get.
With that, she’s been advanced to variable feeding. Instead of being on a strict three hour feeding schedule, they’ll let her feeding times fluctuate within a two to four hour window as she desires. Her target volume will still be the same. The next step is ad-lib, where she basically takes what she wants, when she wants.
At this rate, we could be all leaving the hospital together near the end of the week.