Well today our beautiful daughters are one week old. Incredible. They are both doing really well. They are now what the NICU calls "feeders and growers." They just need to learn to eat consistently and grow big. They are doing pretty good at taking a bottle and nursing so that is great. They are both still in isolettes right now as they also try to get their body temperature down. NG tubes have been taken out and they are also off of IV's.
Lilly still seems to be the feisty one. She is always moving her arms and legs and has her eyes open a lot. She pulled her NG tube out on three different occasions and yesterday the nurses told me she drank her whole bottle in like 5 minutes!! She weighs about 3 lbs 4 oz now. So far Lilly seems to look more like Jim.
Afton is totally comfortable just relaxing and being content with whatever is going on. I still can not believe the amount of hair she has. Right now she weighs about 4 lbs and 9 oz. Afton seems to look a lot like Ethan and Lizzie did as babies.
The nurses have told us that for a possible discharge date you take their due date (May 1st) and subtract a couple weeks and then you have a rough estimate. That puts us the middle of April or so.
*all of the pictures on this blog are of Lilly. Pictures of Afton will be coming soon.
3 comments:
Happy One Week Afton and Lilly! I'm so glad to see they are doing so good! Lilly is adorable! The picture of her smiling looks just like Jim!
Woo Hoo! So glad to hear that they are doing so well. Lilly might be the smallest, but I am betting she will hold her own in the family soon!
She is just beautiful! I'm so happy they are doing well.
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