{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Sundance}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} I'm so sorry for everything that your family and especially your niece are going through!! I've got a grandson in the neo-natal nursery who also had to be taken by emergency C-section. He weighed 4 lbs 6 oz, basically dead; no heartbeat, but they brought him back. He, too, had all kinds of tubes going into him.

It's normal for them to lose weight after they're born, even full term babies. They're quite water logged when they're born. The jaundice is also normal, even for full term babies.

As for your neices bowel, I haven't read where you told of the problem but it sounds pretty bad! Be sure that you and your family are in my prayers.