8th August

For the first time today, Mummy didn't visit as she had to revise for her exams in a few weeks. Daddy said that she was settled when he visited and woke up for a short while.

Briony managed to put back on the 20g she lost yesterday, so is back to 900g once again. We still can't seem to quite manage to get back over the birth weight of 910g, which would be a real psychological milestone!

Breathing is much the same - on a maintainence of 24% oxygen, but requiring increases every so often when she desaturates.

Milk is now full fortifier (why I am still expressing in the middle of the night?), and has gone up from 6.5mls to 7mls/hour. Something is obviously having an effect, as when Stephen rung up earlier to ask how Briony was the nurses commented that she was fine and pooing everywhere - charming!

Briony is almost sucking at her dummy and keeps almost putting her thumb in her mouth which is very cute - I reckon in a week or so either the dummy or the thumb will be in full use!