Avery gorging herself on her 4th bottle of the night.

You can see how big her belly is.. "Little tick" Jeff calls her. Avery has had a fussy couple of days due to getting a new appliance. Every time we need to make a new one or an aggressive change is made to it she is fussy. I am sure it feels odd and weird to her. She has developed a few sores from it in the past as well, but they go away pretty quickly. It's like getting a blister from new shoes. Poor Baby!

We went in for our last appointment on Tuesday and I told her surgeon that she has been plucking out the appliance in the early morning. We'll go in to get her at about 6:30 and her appliance is gone and her tape is off...little stinker. I've snuck in to watch her and she'll play with her mouth until she gets a finger above it.. in her nostril and she pull down on it. One morning I awoke to her choking and sure enough her appliance was out! The surgeon felt it was unsafe so even though we only have less than one week to go before her surgery we had to make a new one.. bummer.

We'll be so happy we won't need to deal with the appliance after this surgery, but at the same time Avery likes it for sucking. She eats almost like any other baby with it in and loves... and I mean LOVES her binki. When it's out she is really sloshy.... gets more air bubbles and leakage out her nose.. After this first surgery she will not need the appliance anymore. We can however have one made if she presents with feeding problems etc. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Avery is extremely attached to mommy on these nights.. We've learned I just cannot go anywhere when she needs comfort. She only wants comfort from me. .. I don't mind :O)