Addie - 5lbs, 2oz
Charlie - 4lbs, 3oz
Waiting to hear what their doctor will say about Charlie's lack of weight gain over the last few days. She went up zero grams yesterday and only 5 grams today. Hoping we aren't told that she needs more formula and less nursing. (While nursing is what everyone wants, it expends more calories. Plus, when they NG a feed - use a feeding tube - or bottle feed them, they give fortified, high-calorie enhanced breastmilk.)
Our nurse Michael was not here during rounds, but reassured me that Charlie is fine and to just give her some time. He says she's doing great. The struggle the nurses are having with the girls right now is that they won't take bottles. Michael said Addie again didn't do so well with the bottle at the last feed, but that Charlie took her whole bottle in 5 minutes. Yesterday, Charlie was challenging with the bottle, too, so another big step! Once the girls can "nipple" all 8 feeds in a day for 2 days straight we're nearly ready to bring them home. And won't that be dreamy!
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I thought of you guys today when at the peds office. There was a new mom with twins. Not sure how old they were - maybe 2-3 months? She said they'd spent 5 weeks in NICU. And nursing them! I hope I gave her some hope by letting her know mine were nearly 5 and I consider myself sane. :)
It's nice to hear someone leaving a twin mom with positive comments. Too often I hear, "Glad it isn't me!" or "How will you ever handle it?!"
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