FOOD?  WHAT THE HECK?!

Priya was not too impressed with her oral feeding experience today.  She clearly wants to suck, but she can't quite get the hang of sucking, latching, and swallowing together.  She has prematurity, a prominent tongue, and a cleft palate to contend with, so I can imagine it is really tough on her.  She has the will, she just needs to find her way with it. 

Since she had such a difficult time with her oral feeding today, the nurse inserted a nasogastric tube so that they could give her my milk directly into her stomach.  Tomorrow she will be evaluated by Speech Therapy and an ear/nose/throat doctor to see how they want to continue with her oral feeding from here on out.  We are supposed to get a sleep-in room tomorrow, which I am super excited about!

Today, Priya met her aaja and aaji (Mike's parents).  She got LOTS of loves today!