Emmalynn is 5 months now! She weighs 7 lb 3 oz! The biggest thing that happened this month is that she got to come home...and we LOVE having her home! I think she loves it too! She had a quick stay at the hospital a week after coming home due to a clogged salivary gland that got infected and got staph. But she bounced right back! Emmalynn also said goodbye to her NG feeding tube and got a g-tube (now all her feeds go right into her tummy through a little button). She slept in her tucker sling (for her reflux) while she was in the hospital but we ditched the darn thing after she let me know she wasn't a fan. Her favorite place to sleep is in her rock n' play. Grandma and Grandpa Candland drove all the way down from Utah just so they could hold her for the first time! Grandpa even sang Emmalynn to sleep! She also started wearing an HME (a little cap on her trach that is like a little humidity filter) for a few hours a day so she can practice breathing on her own. This allowed her to be mobile for the first time and go on a walk in the stroller down the halls of the NICU! She is taking less and less by mouth (darn it) of her feeds but her feeding therapist and speech therapist say let her have that pacifier so she doesn't forget how to suck. She is a very content and happy baby and we are loving seeing her smile more!
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