Welcome to Parenthood

Our little kitten was little enough that she had to be bottle-fed but lo and behold our kitten doesn't like bottles. So the first night we were using an eye dropper to feed her. The next day we were able to go and get her examined by a vet for free and took full advantage of that. We found out she was about 3 to 4 weeks old and only weighed 188 grams which is equivalent to .4 lbs. She is absolutely tiny!!! We were given a clean bill of health and to just continue what we were doing with her. She did say that at this point this kitten would be just like a new born baby. We were going to have to be up every few hours at night with her and take special care of this little one.

At this point we decided that she needed to have a name. Marc wanted to name her Abby and I wanted to give her a Disney name and so my choice was Kiara from the Lion King 2. She had the personality of a Kiara but looked like an Abby. As Marc and I debated he came to like the name Kiara and I came to like the name Abby. After much deliberation we came to the conclusion of Kiara. Here is a picture of our newest little bundle of joy.