Olivia had a good clinic visit today. She did both her weight and her height standing up for the first time today. She measured at 79.6 cm for height versus 79.7 cm (31.4 inches) last time when she was laying down. (Note: measurements laying down are almost always longer than standing). She weighed 11.35 kg (25 lbs even) standing up versus 10.8 kg (23.8 lbs) sitting/laying down.
She didn't cry for her throat culture. She had to have blood drawn to re-check her vitamin D levels. She didn't cry for it until the very end when she got tired of sitting still.
The nutritionist gave the ok to drop another tube feed. If she's still gaining well, in a month to drop part of the night feed. We've actually already dropped all the day feeds and have started lowering the night feeds on our own. I sure don't plan on telling them that until she is completely off of the feeds. They have been less than helpful with the tube feeding to put it nicely. She has still been gaining really well with following our tube weaning plan. She would still be mostly tube-fed if I followed their plan so I will continue to follow our own wean schedule unless her weight starts declining.
