Yesterday was a milestone for us. We were able to get Annellice to take her bottle in full! She had one juicy burp in the middle of it and zero alarms on her heart/respiratory monitors. Alexandra toughed it out and did well on her bottle while battling a severe bout with gas. Her little body seems to be more sensitive to the gas than her sister which is seen as normal given her small size.
As of Saturday night the girls are weighing in at 4lb 8.2oz and 3lb 6.7oz. Typically babies at this gestational age will gain .5-1lb per week in the womb. Not sure if that transpires to premmies or not but we are hoping it will. Alexandra will need to hit the 4lb mark in good form before they will move her to an open-air crib. We are not quiet sure how she will take that though as she is so acutely aware of metal sounds when she is sleeping on us after a bottle feeding.
At the Sunday 11am feeding the last of the umbilical stumps fell off. Alexandra's had fallen off last week and has been loving life without the alcohol swab across her abdomen. Annellice was holding on to hers for dear life for some odd reason. Right now they have little outties which I am sure will change with time. It makes diapering them easier now without having to worry about getting them accidently caught on something.
Now that the girls are here (and I agree are SO cute) you must post more pictures! They are so darn cute - we must see more of them!!!
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