Chad and Leslie are proud to welcome little Olivia Grace into the world! (born July 20, 2009)

You can email us at
lesliestevens07@gmail.com or csteven1@gmail.com, or feel free to leave your comments after any of the posts--we'd love to hear from you!

If you haven't already, click on the link for "Olivia's Endowment at Texas Children's Hospital" on the left to learn about “The Olivia Grace Stevens Endowed Fund in Neonatology” we've started at Texas Children's Hospital to help other babies and families in need, and to find out how you can contribute if you're interested.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bottle Feeding, Eye Opening and Baby Massage

It's been a little while since our last post, so the guilt has finally gotten to me...hence this post.

Little Olivia is doing great, she continues to make progress in all of the areas that are "important." She now weighs 4 lbs. 13 ounces, just 3 ozs. from 5 lbs!!! She continues to learn to open her eyes, is starting to keep them open for a long while and beginning to focus on objects close enough for her to look at. We've also learned how to give baby massages, which she obviously loves. I mean, who doesn't like massages? Even the ladies at the hospital are starting make comments about how spoiled our little Olivia is becoming!

The biggest news is that we're starting to bottle feed our little girl, which is a huge step to getting her home. She started off slow 4 days ago, taking 5-8 cubic centimeters, but yesterday she took all 15 twice! When I fed her in the afternoon, she took the entire bottle then fussed at me because she couldn't get anymore! We know for sure she has her parents' appetite.

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