Day 9

Because we don't have our nanny on weekends, it's a lot more challenging for us to visit the babies. We actually were able to have her come for a couple of hours this morning, though, so we headed out after breakfast and got there in time to hang out and cuddle for a bit and then do the 11 am feeding. They were gavaged at 8 am, but they both took their full bottles at 11. We had to leave right after that feeding, but the nurse told us later that they took the entire bottles at 2 pm as well. And we came back, with all of the kiddos in tow, and fed them their 5 pm feed and they both finished that one, too! They tend to be pretty sleepy and less interested in eating at night, so we'll see how it goes. But, it definitely seems like they are making progress.

Since Sophia has never really had any As or Bs, they took her off the oxygen monitor today. Lydia last had one on the 20th so she will come off of it on the 25th. They are still eating 37 and 38 ccs every 3 hours, and they are both gaining weight regularly each night now. They were just shy of their birthweights yesterday, so we'll see if they regained them tonight when they weigh them. Otherwise, everything is same ol same ol while we just wait for them to eat well enough to come home.

Now that the babies are totally stable, all of the kids wanted to hold them. I was holding Lydia, so I helped get them settled with her one by one. They all loved it. It was really cute! Well, except Charlotte, who was too scared to try to hold her. But, Alice said that she wanted to hold her sister and she did. She sat there perfectly and held her, it was absolutely adorable! Sadly, I keep forgetting my camera, but at least I had my phone!









Charlotte didn't want to hold Lydia, but did really like to sit on the footstool, leaning against my leg, and reading a book while I fed Lydia. It was way too cute!



In other news, the pumping is killing me, but it's going pretty well. I pumped 731 ccs yesterday and the girls only eat around 610 ccs, so I'm even providing a little more than they need right now! It's really nice because this allows them to get all BM even when we're not able to come drop it off in the middle of the night or something. My supply is still increasing every day, so hopefully I'll manage to freeze some before they start to outpace me! I'm pumping 10 times per day and drinking a ton of water, but haven't started any supplements yet. I'm going to re-assess at the two-week mark and see whether I think that I need them. Reglan was a miracle worker last time, so I might just go straight to that. The herbal stuff is really expensive and didn't work at all last time so I'm disinclined to try it again.

Robert is heading back to the NICU now and I think that I am going to go to bed. I've been a total zombie all day. Hopefully some sleep will help!