Big babies!

Charlie and John in duck outfits

   The babies are getting bigger every day!  

Charlie- 6lbs, 4 oz

John- 6lbs, 1 oz

Peggy- 5lbs 11 oz

They're doing great with their feeds, so much so that John especially gets mad when he doesn't get his bottle or doesn't get it fast enough.  We jokingly call him Hungry Hungry John.

As they get closer to taking all 8 feeds from breast or bottle we're working on patience, since it can be exhausting for them.  This means that they have to take breaks from the bottle feeding, and we won't start the getting ready to prepare to go home process until they can take all 8 feeds without getting too tuckered out from them.  

Peggy is doing better with the reflux, although she definitely prefers to be held upright for awhile after she eats.  

Laura's doing an amazing job keeping them supplied with fresh milk everyday, even though it means constant pumping and eating.  Hannah thinks that Laura might be more hungry now than when she was pregnant with the babies!  The milk and extra calories in the fortifier seem to be doing the trick, though. The babies gain weight pretty much everyday.

John

They are on breast milk with fortifier, which makes it 24 calories per ounce.  Plain milk is 20 calories per ounce.  Once it's time to start thinking about planning to come home, they will get switched to 22 calorie fortifier because that's a formula that it will be easier for us to get and add to the pumped milk at home.  It's the best of all worlds- they get all the benefits of breast milk plus some extra caloriees!

                           Charlie

Peggy