Monday, November 2, 2009

First family photo (and some other updates)

We have our first family photo!


They continue to do well. Will is up to 3 bottles per day, 2 breastfeeds, and the other 3 tube feedings. He's struggling a bit with the bottles, but will be getting his feeding tube out tomorrow! Liv is an expert breast feeder and bottle feeder, so she has her feeding tube out! She's very happy about this..she tried to pull the tube out multiple times a day. They assure me that it's not that Will is behind, it's just that Liv is an over-achiever and ahead of schedule!

We have the house ready for them. Both cribs are in our bedroom, playards set up in the family room, clothes/sheets/towels/etc. all washed. Now we just need them home! There are 4 things the doctor wants them to do before they come home: 1. maintain their temp in the crib (done!) 2. successfully eat from bottle and breast, while continuing to gain weight (Liv has achieved this, and Will is on his way) 3. be at least 35 weeks gestational age (they will be there on Sunday) and 4. go 5-7 days spell free. The spell count will start tomorrow, so if they succeed, we think they'll come home next week!

They both now weigh ~4 lbs 9oz...that's over a pound gained for each of them since they were born!

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