Maisie's saturation at rest fluctuated between 90 and 91% and so for the first hour the alarm just rang out as as it was below the 92% required. The nurses on duty realized that this would mean that the monitor would disturb not only Daddy but also Maisie and so it was decided that the level of tolerance could be lowered to 88% - the consultant would get a report and the nurses would be taking readings regularly and Daddy would get a better nights sleep this sleep over, every one's happy.
Maisie's sats were consistently between 90 and 91% for most of the night. After Maisie's midnight snack her saturation improved so her oxygen level was reduced from 0.3l to 0.2l but this only lasted for 15 minutes before being turned back up. Maisie still isn't ready to have her oxygen reduced.
The dietitian came to visit Maisie in the morning and was very happy with Maisie's weight gain. Maisie has put on 495g or 1lb 2oz since her last sleep over and now weighs 5.9kg or 13lbs. This puts Maisie up a centile on the dietitians charts. Maisie's length was measure, she's grows 5.5cms and the circumference of her head as increased.
The Dietitian said that Maisie is in good proportion for a 6 month old baby!
In order to evaluate premature babies development and their development compared to other children their age gets corrected. To work this out the number of weeks that Maisie was born early is subtracted from her actual age - Maisie's corrected age is 6 months!
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