It's been 1 whole week

It's been 1 weeks since we took out Adelina's feeding tube (she sneezed and it came out, so we got rid of it).  We have been weaning with a program this time (growing independent eaters, we love them).   We cut all her night feeds and then decreased all of her daytime feeds.  We had a couple of cranky days and around day 8 she started to take more than a half an ounce, after she ate we'd give her what she hadn't taken through her tube.  She plateaued at an ounce and a half so we decreased her daytime tube feeds again.  She quickly picked up from here and we skipped the last step.  We had some cranky nights where we knew she was hungry but she would not take a bottle.  Now we are reteaching ourselves how to feed a baby instead of how to feed a pump.  The pump is on a regimented schedule.  Turns out our baby does not want to be fed by the clock or while sleeping (although I do dream feed her last med of the day).

Things I LOVE about being tube free! 

Baths are a snap. 
   All we have to do is undress her and plop her in the tub, she loves baths and we don't constantly lose the tube after them. 

Any outfit is fairly easy to get on and off.
   It's like a whole new wardrobe has become available, shopping anyone? 

We are mobile.
   Our mobile baby is so much more mobile and never has her tape ripped off her face.  We are walking along furniture now and standing solo (a few times so far).

We babble.
   We are babbling so much that we no longer need speech therapy.  We want three words by the age of one and she already has them, dada, mama, baba, and weeee (lol).  She also has words for her siblings.

We can leave the house.
    Leaving the house is not an hour long process and I don't have to run back and get whatever we left (in all fairness I rarely left unprepared). 

Food glorious food
    Adelina can eat at the table with us (she used to play on the floor while we ate or be in bed).  She can tell us when she's hungry, what she likes or dislikes. 

No more throw up
   We haven't lost all contents of our stomach since we started weaning.  We no longer force feed when she's not feeling well and we no longer overfeed.  She was getting 31 ounces of milk a day, she is nowhere near that amount, she prefers solids and liquids combined.