After Little Bug’s therapy appointment on June 22nd, when we learned that she was still going through withdrawals, Dave and I decided the best thing for her was to go into “hibernation” for a while to help her, hopefully, get better quicker.

I think it’s working! Little Bug and I have stayed at home all week long. I have ensured that her environment is as unstimulating as possible.

On Saturday I started noticing Little Bug being able to look into our eyes during feedings. The therapist’s main clue that Little Bug was still having some withdrawals was when I told her that Little Bug wouldn’t look at us when we fed her or would look at our faces for just a little bit and then turn away. The face is the most visual stimulation for a baby and for Little Bug, it was just too much.

But now she consistently looks into our eyes when we feed her (unless she is in and out of sleep during feedings)!

Every year since we have been together we go to Dave’s parents’ house for 4th of July. We are planning to go there on Saturday and then continue taking each day at time beyond that. If Little Bug still needs more time in “hibernation” we will do that; if she is ready to “face the world”, we will start going places in moderation.

Little Bug LOVES to sleep in her bouncy seat with the vibrator going. I’m glad we’ve found that she likes this because it enables me to wash her bottles and do a load of laundry while she is sleeping.

Little Bug will be 5 weeks old tomorrow! We definitely are still in “survival mode” but I have accepted that, for now, I will live in “survival mode” and in a month or two, Little Bug and I will be able to establish some kind of routine to our days.

Not a day goes by that I don’t take the time to just sit and hold her and relish in the miracle that she is.

Thank you for continuing to pray for Little Bug. I cannot wait for the day when Little Bug learns just how many people were involved through prayer in the miracle of her becoming our little girl.

- Elaine