Sucker

Nina gained 44 grams yesterday! She's still not back up to her birth weight, though (which was nearly 3 pounds).

Nina is doing a good job of regulating her own temperature, but remains in her heated isolette. It's a "neutral thermal environment" for her, which means that it's kept at the perfect temperature for her to grow. Even though she is able to regulate her temperature, in the isolette she doesn't have to expend any energy doing so.

Nina now makes sucking motions! We're going to do some breast-feeding practice, to help her get ready for the real thing. In this video, you can see her starting to suck on a pacifier. Dawning is not moving the pacifier, so every time you see it move, that's Nina!