From having Apgar scores of 2 & 3 at birth and being told over and over they weren't going to make it we sure have come a long way! The boys are paving their way with their own schedule and we've had a LOT less spitting up! Both are eating 1.5-2oz every 2-4 hours. There have only been a couple of times that they didn't wake up and eat together. Gavin finally pooped after no poop for three days so we are doing swell :) exhausted, mamas only had 3 hours of sleep each night since the boys came home, but swell!
We have our follow up pediatrician appointment tomorrow with Dr. Murray, whom we like very much, in the morning, and then my six week postpartum follow up tomorrow afternoon. So we will have an entire day from leaving the house at 9a until we get home at 4p in the afternoon. We will have to pack a HUGE diaper bag for all three babies and lots of frozen milk, thank god for my nicu stash!, and a TON of snacks for Ethan and a buttload of diapers.
The boys will get weighed in and their blood count tested to see how their anemia is doing. They've been getting .5ml polyvisol once daily. If their anemia doesn't get better the only other option is a transfusion, but let's hope it doesn't get that far. Pray for good blood count/hemoglobin levels and big weight gains!
Ethan gets his 12mo shots tomorrow! Yikes! I hope he doesn't spike a fever and get super grumpy like his 6mo shots because we have my afternoon appointment!
Tim works the graveyard again do he will have been up since 11p tonight so were letting him sleep. But while the boys are napping, mamas going to too!
Jess! You're amazing, mama. You and the boys (all of them...) look great. I hadn't checked in in awhile on BBC, so I came to visit your blog. Sounds like everyone is doing great!
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