Tuesday's flight home was at a much more tolerable 8:15a compared to the 5:45a flight leaving Richmond. As it worked out, based on some advice from a local business traveler and the complexity of the Phoenix airport, we didn't get a whole lot more sleep despite the later departure time. We arrived to drop the luggage, Gwynne, and the girls at the terminal prior to 6a...another couple did the same and my parents were close behind. Gwynne and Tracy decided to take the babies through security while Tom and I returned the rental cars...here is the only place where we experienced a problem...
Going through security by yourself with two infants is a nightmare. You have to carry the infants through the metal detector and break down their car seats and stroller for screening. You also have to declare the breast milk and have that inspected on top of all of your own personal belongings. Alexandra was particularly squirmy as Gwynne walked through the detector and a TSA lady reached her arms out to help. Just as Alexandra was about to fall into the arms of the TSA official, she backed off and Alexandra took a header toward the floor. Luckily her car seat was there to catch her before hitting the hard floor. Boy was Gwynne peeved to the max!!!
The flights themselves were uneventful. Both girls were well behaved with minimal fussiness and all the flights were on time.
Wednesday we were off to Norfolk to pick up Titan. As we were tired from the race and travel, we were not looking forward to this trip. Traffic was light on the way down, though we could see the return trip was going to be a mess. Got to my parents' house, fed the girls, grabbed Titan, and then we were off. Thinking it would be smart to avoid I-64 we headed south to loop to Hampton via an alternate route. Approaching this tunnel was a 6-mile parking lot due to an accident at the tunnel opening. Gwynne hit reverse down the highway to the exit we had just passed and we were off on an adventure. We wound through the countryside to Smithfield and then Rt 10 all the way to I-95 south of Richmond. After stopping for dinner and to feed the girls, we were back on the road to home. The 1hr 45 min trip to Norfolk was followed by a 4hr return trip to Richmond.
Luckily Thanksgiving was spent in Richmond at Gwynne's Aunt and Uncle's house so we didn't have to travel far. Black Friday was experienced for the first time as a consumer by all four of us. We found a couple of good deals as we shopped around. We noticed that there weren't many folks out and most of the stores had a surplus of in-stock items; looked like a poor day for the retailers.
The girl's have been having a difficult time re-adjusting to life at home. They got awfully comfortable being held all week by everyone during the trip to AZ. We have had to let them cry it out a bit and get used to entertaining themselves again. Somehow their precious cries break us before we are able to break them. Hopefully they will be back on schedule by tomorrow for Gwynne's sake when I return to work! :)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Race Day!
This past Sunday was the big race day we had been planning for over a year now. It was an early start for us (4am) so we could get the babies ready and to race site at 5am (the house we had was 25 minutes away).
The girls took well to the 4am wake-up call. As usual they ate well and then slept often. It is starting to appear that Lexie is enjoying the her bottles more now. She is happily finishing 95-100% of her bottle and burping without significant regurges. We are caustiously optimistic and will be keeping a close eye on this to make sure we do not have any set backs. On another note - we will no longer be using Huggies diapers for a while. This trip has taught us that they leave the babies feeling wet (no wicking apparently) and therefore we have had very fussy critters while on our trip. I have heard that this brand of diaper is good at later stages, so we will try them again when the girls get older... until then it is back to pampers we go.
At any rate - race day weather started out very chilly (45F) so the girls and I cozied down into the car until just before the race started. At 630am we ventured out to meet Kevin at near the swim start area. It was a bit diffcult to find him b/c the tent we had used as our meeting point had been moved from the day prior and just about every athlete was decked out in black wetsuits and red swim caps. Kevin found us at 640am. After a quick update on his ankle (he severely injured it on 11/15 running and had not been able to put much pressue on it leading to the race) and a much love from me in the girls he was off to the swim start.
The gun sounded at 7am and the atheletes were off for the day. Kevin's anticipated time prior to his injury was around 9hrs 30minutes - with the injury just finishing was the goal. The girls and I camped out at the car with the heater running until the sun rose high enough to heat the air (it got to be 75F). Kevin did an amazing parking job that morning backing us into a parking garage spot that allowed us to sit in the tailgate and watch the atheltes on a portion of the bike course - it was a 3 loop course so we were able to cheer him and our other friends that were racing several times. In total we had 5 racers (Kevin, Bill, Tom, John and Ed) and 11 supporters (me, Lexie, annellice, Katie and John (kevin's parents), Meg (bill's wife), Tracy and Cadence (tom's wife and their 5/6month old girl), Sharon (John's wife), and finally Trey and Nicole (dear friends who shortened their trip to Sedona to cheer on the boys). The girls did amazingly well given the loud party atmosphere that was all around us (think lots of screaming/chering and cowbells rining). It probably helps that we had 4 professional mom's around us (Katie, Sharon, Meg and Nicole all have been moms for 3 to 30 years).
After the bike portion of the event was complete we packed up the girls and walked down to the race site to watch the run portion. The run was a 3 loop course (figure 8 shape) that totalled a marathon. The worst part of the endeavor here was that it was all on concrete walk ways (not good for a bum ankle) and not a shade tree in site where you could watch the course closely. As it so happened the run course looped under a bridge and we were able to take shelter there. The noise was a bit much at times but luckily it was just cheering and not the loud announcer speakers.
Kevin was able to hobble past us with a brave face. After the 1st lap he nearly pulled out of the event - each step was painful both walking and running, the compression sock was hot, and the swelling in his ankle was so bad that his foot had gone numb too. I personally have never seen him in that amount of pain before, but this was his race and to continue or not was a call to be made by him. He decided to head out for another loop and re-evaluate the pain at the intesection of the 2nd lap (approx 3.1 miles after I saw him). At the intersection he was jogging with a group of 6 other people, but rather than stop and evaluate the situation he kept going. Tough as nails! The girls were due for a feeding at this point so it was back to the car for us for some down time.
The parking area was quiet now that 95% of the athletes were out on the run course. Here I had my first experience being smeared with poop. Lexie had soiled her diaper and little did I know that some of it had escaped the diaper and found its way to her leg. After picking her up and changing her I noticed that there was poo on her foot - "where did that come from?". After a few moments "DOAH!" as I found the evidence planted squarely on the front of my shirt. Annellice sleeps thankfully sleeps through all of this commotion but then starts all of her own fussiness issues shortly there after while I am feeding her sister. Ahhh, to have another set of hands would be wonderful.
By the time we finished our feeding the sun had started to set and the air temp dropped about 10-15 degrees. We had packed layers for the girls so on they went. I had been getting updates via cell phone and Kevin was still on the course. Meg, Nicole and Trey arrived at the car just as I was locking up and we were off to the finish line to watch the boys finish. The crowd of people was insane. Luckily the lady with the double stroller was given wiggle room to get through when needed. We made it to within 25 yards of the finish line before I sent the others on... the announcer speaker was a bit to loud for the girls to be near (it was like being in front row seats at a rock concert). Kevin crossed the line in roughly 10 hours 30minutes, and met us down the line from the finish line shoot. After some manuevering the girls and I managed to help him pick up his bike and gear bags. We made it back to the house around 730pm after a quick trip to Jamba Juice (chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie for Kev) and Chipotle (salad for me).
The girls settled in for the evening extremely well! I was expecting far worse given the fact they were being overwhelmed with noises, light, and smells all day long. I managed to do the 2am feeding by myself as Lexie was awake and raring to go while Annellice was sawing logs (again). It was really a great ending to good day. I do not know how we have been so lucky to have such flexible kids; I just hope their tolerance for this sort of thing continues.
The girls took well to the 4am wake-up call. As usual they ate well and then slept often. It is starting to appear that Lexie is enjoying the her bottles more now. She is happily finishing 95-100% of her bottle and burping without significant regurges. We are caustiously optimistic and will be keeping a close eye on this to make sure we do not have any set backs. On another note - we will no longer be using Huggies diapers for a while. This trip has taught us that they leave the babies feeling wet (no wicking apparently) and therefore we have had very fussy critters while on our trip. I have heard that this brand of diaper is good at later stages, so we will try them again when the girls get older... until then it is back to pampers we go.
At any rate - race day weather started out very chilly (45F) so the girls and I cozied down into the car until just before the race started. At 630am we ventured out to meet Kevin at near the swim start area. It was a bit diffcult to find him b/c the tent we had used as our meeting point had been moved from the day prior and just about every athlete was decked out in black wetsuits and red swim caps. Kevin found us at 640am. After a quick update on his ankle (he severely injured it on 11/15 running and had not been able to put much pressue on it leading to the race) and a much love from me in the girls he was off to the swim start.
The gun sounded at 7am and the atheletes were off for the day. Kevin's anticipated time prior to his injury was around 9hrs 30minutes - with the injury just finishing was the goal. The girls and I camped out at the car with the heater running until the sun rose high enough to heat the air (it got to be 75F). Kevin did an amazing parking job that morning backing us into a parking garage spot that allowed us to sit in the tailgate and watch the atheltes on a portion of the bike course - it was a 3 loop course so we were able to cheer him and our other friends that were racing several times. In total we had 5 racers (Kevin, Bill, Tom, John and Ed) and 11 supporters (me, Lexie, annellice, Katie and John (kevin's parents), Meg (bill's wife), Tracy and Cadence (tom's wife and their 5/6month old girl), Sharon (John's wife), and finally Trey and Nicole (dear friends who shortened their trip to Sedona to cheer on the boys). The girls did amazingly well given the loud party atmosphere that was all around us (think lots of screaming/chering and cowbells rining). It probably helps that we had 4 professional mom's around us (Katie, Sharon, Meg and Nicole all have been moms for 3 to 30 years).
After the bike portion of the event was complete we packed up the girls and walked down to the race site to watch the run portion. The run was a 3 loop course (figure 8 shape) that totalled a marathon. The worst part of the endeavor here was that it was all on concrete walk ways (not good for a bum ankle) and not a shade tree in site where you could watch the course closely. As it so happened the run course looped under a bridge and we were able to take shelter there. The noise was a bit much at times but luckily it was just cheering and not the loud announcer speakers.
Kevin was able to hobble past us with a brave face. After the 1st lap he nearly pulled out of the event - each step was painful both walking and running, the compression sock was hot, and the swelling in his ankle was so bad that his foot had gone numb too. I personally have never seen him in that amount of pain before, but this was his race and to continue or not was a call to be made by him. He decided to head out for another loop and re-evaluate the pain at the intesection of the 2nd lap (approx 3.1 miles after I saw him). At the intersection he was jogging with a group of 6 other people, but rather than stop and evaluate the situation he kept going. Tough as nails! The girls were due for a feeding at this point so it was back to the car for us for some down time.
The parking area was quiet now that 95% of the athletes were out on the run course. Here I had my first experience being smeared with poop. Lexie had soiled her diaper and little did I know that some of it had escaped the diaper and found its way to her leg. After picking her up and changing her I noticed that there was poo on her foot - "where did that come from?". After a few moments "DOAH!" as I found the evidence planted squarely on the front of my shirt. Annellice sleeps thankfully sleeps through all of this commotion but then starts all of her own fussiness issues shortly there after while I am feeding her sister. Ahhh, to have another set of hands would be wonderful.
By the time we finished our feeding the sun had started to set and the air temp dropped about 10-15 degrees. We had packed layers for the girls so on they went. I had been getting updates via cell phone and Kevin was still on the course. Meg, Nicole and Trey arrived at the car just as I was locking up and we were off to the finish line to watch the boys finish. The crowd of people was insane. Luckily the lady with the double stroller was given wiggle room to get through when needed. We made it to within 25 yards of the finish line before I sent the others on... the announcer speaker was a bit to loud for the girls to be near (it was like being in front row seats at a rock concert). Kevin crossed the line in roughly 10 hours 30minutes, and met us down the line from the finish line shoot. After some manuevering the girls and I managed to help him pick up his bike and gear bags. We made it back to the house around 730pm after a quick trip to Jamba Juice (chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie for Kev) and Chipotle (salad for me).
The girls settled in for the evening extremely well! I was expecting far worse given the fact they were being overwhelmed with noises, light, and smells all day long. I managed to do the 2am feeding by myself as Lexie was awake and raring to go while Annellice was sawing logs (again). It was really a great ending to good day. I do not know how we have been so lucky to have such flexible kids; I just hope their tolerance for this sort of thing continues.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Arizona... mid week
Wow... there is a ton of dirt and sand here. Somehow, I have gotten allergies with hardly a plant or mold spore in sight; atleast I hope it is allergies.
Yesterday the girls and I ventured out to the Ironman race village. They got to meet Les, Taz and Lawrence for the first time. They are officially little bike monkeys in the making now; they will probably know the difference between 9 and 10-speed shimano parts before the alphabet :)
While Kevin and the rest of the race group waited in line to get their race packet for the event myself and supporting spouses jumped in to volunteer with packet pick-up. Needless to say... the organization for the packet pick-up was lack luster. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel someone had created we did out best to keep it lubed and the line moving. After going horse from explaining the intricasies of the waivers that needed to be signed we moved ourselves to the actual packet distribution where someone called out the number and we scrambled to get the correct one. By 12pm we were cooked, especially the girls. Lesson learned - the girls will not be able to make it the entire day out in the open on Sunday so we are now trying to devise as plan of spectating and caring for premmies at the same time. We are crossing out fingers that the girls and Kevin will be able to make it to the finish line now.
Yesterday the girls and I ventured out to the Ironman race village. They got to meet Les, Taz and Lawrence for the first time. They are officially little bike monkeys in the making now; they will probably know the difference between 9 and 10-speed shimano parts before the alphabet :)
While Kevin and the rest of the race group waited in line to get their race packet for the event myself and supporting spouses jumped in to volunteer with packet pick-up. Needless to say... the organization for the packet pick-up was lack luster. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel someone had created we did out best to keep it lubed and the line moving. After going horse from explaining the intricasies of the waivers that needed to be signed we moved ourselves to the actual packet distribution where someone called out the number and we scrambled to get the correct one. By 12pm we were cooked, especially the girls. Lesson learned - the girls will not be able to make it the entire day out in the open on Sunday so we are now trying to devise as plan of spectating and caring for premmies at the same time. We are crossing out fingers that the girls and Kevin will be able to make it to the finish line now.
First Plane Ride
On Tuesday the girls experienced their first ever plane ride! To bad it was to Atlanta...
The flight left out of Richmond at 545am. The people at security were uber helpful. They allowed the entire days worth of bottle feeds for the girls through the check point they just used a little swab test kit to verify that it wasn't explosive... not if only they could check to see if I had eaten anything that would make the girls explosive!
The first flight was about an hour long. The flight crew was so accommodating for our little ones. They even were kind enough to help us pack and un-pack strollers while boarding and deboarding the plane. They were also very funny for 545am, something they have fine tuned over the many commuter flights I am sure.
The sceond flight from Atlanta to Phoenix wasn't as good as the first. The girls were fantastic, the plane on the other hand was not! After waiting in line for take-off for approx 20-30minutes we then had to taxi back to the gate to have a fule gauge fixed (annouced as a 5-10 minute fix). Well the "fix" wouldn't take so they had to manually add more fuel to insure that the exact level of fuel was correct... 30minutes later we started to push back to wait in line for take off again. During this time the 18 month old and 2 yr old in the rows in front of us provided many scenarios was what to-do and what NOT t0-do with your child on a flight. The 18 month old was laying down on the floor of the plane and playing/rolling around. In her romp she located the ice pack that kevin had used on his foot and took off with it, before you knew it the bag was being licked like a pop-sicle... YUCK!!! The 2 year old was much better behaved. She loved asking "what's that?" to Kevin, to which he would kindly reply "It's a baby" or "That's her sister".
Our girls did fabulously! There was no fussing of crying. The only hard part was for us because they are little radiators sitting in our laps making the delay out of Atlanta very warm. Their feeding schedule was a little out of whacj b/c we allowed them to sleep as much as possible rather than waking them to keep them on a schedule that would change when we landed b/c of the time zone change. Thank goodness for the sleep of infants!!
The flight left out of Richmond at 545am. The people at security were uber helpful. They allowed the entire days worth of bottle feeds for the girls through the check point they just used a little swab test kit to verify that it wasn't explosive... not if only they could check to see if I had eaten anything that would make the girls explosive!
The first flight was about an hour long. The flight crew was so accommodating for our little ones. They even were kind enough to help us pack and un-pack strollers while boarding and deboarding the plane. They were also very funny for 545am, something they have fine tuned over the many commuter flights I am sure.
The sceond flight from Atlanta to Phoenix wasn't as good as the first. The girls were fantastic, the plane on the other hand was not! After waiting in line for take-off for approx 20-30minutes we then had to taxi back to the gate to have a fule gauge fixed (annouced as a 5-10 minute fix). Well the "fix" wouldn't take so they had to manually add more fuel to insure that the exact level of fuel was correct... 30minutes later we started to push back to wait in line for take off again. During this time the 18 month old and 2 yr old in the rows in front of us provided many scenarios was what to-do and what NOT t0-do with your child on a flight. The 18 month old was laying down on the floor of the plane and playing/rolling around. In her romp she located the ice pack that kevin had used on his foot and took off with it, before you knew it the bag was being licked like a pop-sicle... YUCK!!! The 2 year old was much better behaved. She loved asking "what's that?" to Kevin, to which he would kindly reply "It's a baby" or "That's her sister".
Our girls did fabulously! There was no fussing of crying. The only hard part was for us because they are little radiators sitting in our laps making the delay out of Atlanta very warm. Their feeding schedule was a little out of whacj b/c we allowed them to sleep as much as possible rather than waking them to keep them on a schedule that would change when we landed b/c of the time zone change. Thank goodness for the sleep of infants!!
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Gag Reflex...
Why are we born with that anyways? I wish Alexandra didn't figure out that reflex the way she has. Lately she has taken to gagging to get the binkie out of her mouth if she does not want it. The problem with that is inevitably she will wind up tossing her cookies about 10-20 seconds later. When this happens she usually sleeps very soundly afterwards as her little body is working hard with all that activity. We have been told that this is ok just so long as she keeps gaining weight. Visibly we can see that she is growing still so we are staying optimistic.
We have been lucky that Annellice does not partake in these gagging activities; however, she has started the typical baby spit-up phase (about the size of a quarter whenever the mood strikes her). The only time this creates a problem is if she gets twisted around in the crib while sleeping b/c then it winds up and weird places and we are left wondering whether it it spit-up of leaky diapers (either way we still have to change the bed linens).
We have been lucky that Annellice does not partake in these gagging activities; however, she has started the typical baby spit-up phase (about the size of a quarter whenever the mood strikes her). The only time this creates a problem is if she gets twisted around in the crib while sleeping b/c then it winds up and weird places and we are left wondering whether it it spit-up of leaky diapers (either way we still have to change the bed linens).
We have a little graduate!
Annellice has up'd the ante! She is now wearing stage 1 diapers.
I know it is such a little thing to be excited about but is means so much to us considering how small she was when she was born. When I have time I will post a picture of the orginial premmie diapers that she was wearing when they were in NICU, its about the size of a cell phone.
They both recently went through some kind of spurt, one was eating any and everything available and the other was trying not to eat or would throw it all up afterwards. We are thinking it may have been keyed off by the stressor of the vaccine shots they had last week. Either way we are finally getting back to small sense of normalcy with them, as slow as it may be.
On another graduate note... both girls are now in newborn size clothing. I have been packing the premmie sizes away this week as they are being washed. It's crazy that we are already putting them away considering we just got them out. This is the way life will be for the next 18 years though :) Most of the clothes will be going back to the RAMOM group that I borrowed them from and the ones that we owned will be going to the NICU/PCN where the girls stayed for 4 weeks.
The girls are now 10 weeks old which is actually only 3 weeks old developmentally. They do not see shapes or faces yet. They do however, recognize out voices and will strain their little necks to follow the voice around the room. I have been told that around 6 weeks they will start to see faces and shortly there after their hands and feet. I'm looking forward to the little stages we have coming up!
I know it is such a little thing to be excited about but is means so much to us considering how small she was when she was born. When I have time I will post a picture of the orginial premmie diapers that she was wearing when they were in NICU, its about the size of a cell phone.
They both recently went through some kind of spurt, one was eating any and everything available and the other was trying not to eat or would throw it all up afterwards. We are thinking it may have been keyed off by the stressor of the vaccine shots they had last week. Either way we are finally getting back to small sense of normalcy with them, as slow as it may be.
On another graduate note... both girls are now in newborn size clothing. I have been packing the premmie sizes away this week as they are being washed. It's crazy that we are already putting them away considering we just got them out. This is the way life will be for the next 18 years though :) Most of the clothes will be going back to the RAMOM group that I borrowed them from and the ones that we owned will be going to the NICU/PCN where the girls stayed for 4 weeks.
The girls are now 10 weeks old which is actually only 3 weeks old developmentally. They do not see shapes or faces yet. They do however, recognize out voices and will strain their little necks to follow the voice around the room. I have been told that around 6 weeks they will start to see faces and shortly there after their hands and feet. I'm looking forward to the little stages we have coming up!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Getting Ready for Travel
We're off to Arizona on the 17th for my ironman on the 22nd to return to Richmond on the 24th. We've been thinking all along about how we are going to get all that we need for the girls (not to mention all of my equipment) to AZ in the easiest way possible. Lots of thinking...a bit of research...a bit of arguing...and not much has been decided.
What a lot of crap...stuff...they have!!!
Aside from the car seats, strollers, breast pump, diapers, wipes, etc., etc., etc. we are trying to manage how much milk to pack in carry on, in checked luggage, and how much Gwynne can provide once we arrive. It is all a guessing game at this point.
The good news is that the stroller and car seats will be checked at the gate with no penalty to us and their diaper bag is allowed as a free extra bag. TSA has also eased their restrictions on the 3:1:1 liquids to exclude breast milk and formula. Getting through the gate will be interesting as they expect everything to be broken down and the girls in arms going through the detectors. Hopefully we are in front of some understanding folks.
We did find a place in Phoenix that will rent everything we need and deliver it to the rental house, that option is still a consideration. Their prices were remarkably reasonable for weekly rentals.
To add to the fun of the experience, we will be making a rushed trip to Norfolk on the 15th and 25th to drop off and pick up Titan from his sitter. My parents' neighbor is generously keeping him for the 10 days...and he really enjoys being there. We are going to ease our burden a bit on Tuesday morning by staying in a hotel next to the airport Monday night. Since our flight departs at 5:45a, it only made sense to save us the 45 minute drive to the airport in favor of spending that time prepping the girls and their stuff.
I will be sending two bike boxes to AZ; one with my bike and a second with all of the wheels (five in total). These have to be sent out this coming Tuesday (11/10) so that they arrive in time.
The final straw to all the fun we're having is that or flight has been re-routed from a layover in Cincinnati to Atlanta...I hate Atlanta's airport. I hate it especially much around the holiday season.
What a lot of crap...stuff...they have!!!
Aside from the car seats, strollers, breast pump, diapers, wipes, etc., etc., etc. we are trying to manage how much milk to pack in carry on, in checked luggage, and how much Gwynne can provide once we arrive. It is all a guessing game at this point.
The good news is that the stroller and car seats will be checked at the gate with no penalty to us and their diaper bag is allowed as a free extra bag. TSA has also eased their restrictions on the 3:1:1 liquids to exclude breast milk and formula. Getting through the gate will be interesting as they expect everything to be broken down and the girls in arms going through the detectors. Hopefully we are in front of some understanding folks.
We did find a place in Phoenix that will rent everything we need and deliver it to the rental house, that option is still a consideration. Their prices were remarkably reasonable for weekly rentals.
To add to the fun of the experience, we will be making a rushed trip to Norfolk on the 15th and 25th to drop off and pick up Titan from his sitter. My parents' neighbor is generously keeping him for the 10 days...and he really enjoys being there. We are going to ease our burden a bit on Tuesday morning by staying in a hotel next to the airport Monday night. Since our flight departs at 5:45a, it only made sense to save us the 45 minute drive to the airport in favor of spending that time prepping the girls and their stuff.
I will be sending two bike boxes to AZ; one with my bike and a second with all of the wheels (five in total). These have to be sent out this coming Tuesday (11/10) so that they arrive in time.
The final straw to all the fun we're having is that or flight has been re-routed from a layover in Cincinnati to Atlanta...I hate Atlanta's airport. I hate it especially much around the holiday season.
How Are They Doing?
Growing! At the two month check-up Annellice weighed in at 8lb 4oz while Alexandra weighed in at 6lb 8oz. Based off our last visit to the doctor approximately 2.5 weeks ago, that puts Alexandra 2.5 weeks behind (as she has been all along) as Annellice weighed 6.b 8oz at that visit.
Sleeping! Both girls are spending a bit more time awake during the day. At night we are able to let them sleep 4-5 hours at a time, which is making a huge difference in our energy level and overall affect. We usually feed them at 8:30, down to sleep by 9:15-9:30, then we feed them at 1:30 and 5:00-6:00 depending on my work schedule and how well they are sleeping that particular night.
Eating! Annellice is up to 100 ml per feeding, or about 3oz. That is a long way from the 1.5 oz we started with when she first came home. Annellice has also been taken off of all of the formula calorie booster; she is eating pure breast milk. We do still add a little bit of thickener to prevent any regurgitation, though that should end this coming week. Alexandra has also seen similar expansion in the amount she eats at each feeding now consuming 75-80 ml, or just under 3 oz. When Alexandra came home she was eating .8-1.1 oz. Because of the relational retardation in weight gain, Alexandra is still on the calorie booster. She also remains on the thickener as her reflux continues once or twice each day.
Sleeping! Both girls are spending a bit more time awake during the day. At night we are able to let them sleep 4-5 hours at a time, which is making a huge difference in our energy level and overall affect. We usually feed them at 8:30, down to sleep by 9:15-9:30, then we feed them at 1:30 and 5:00-6:00 depending on my work schedule and how well they are sleeping that particular night.
Eating! Annellice is up to 100 ml per feeding, or about 3oz. That is a long way from the 1.5 oz we started with when she first came home. Annellice has also been taken off of all of the formula calorie booster; she is eating pure breast milk. We do still add a little bit of thickener to prevent any regurgitation, though that should end this coming week. Alexandra has also seen similar expansion in the amount she eats at each feeding now consuming 75-80 ml, or just under 3 oz. When Alexandra came home she was eating .8-1.1 oz. Because of the relational retardation in weight gain, Alexandra is still on the calorie booster. She also remains on the thickener as her reflux continues once or twice each day.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Pictures of the Twins... finally uploaded!
Below are links to Snapfish online photo albums of the girls. Unfortunately, I have not had the time to name the photos or to even weed out the bad ones that are all blurred. Hopefully, I will be able to do that by Christmas (HAHA!... am I being to optimistic on that one?).
Babies 1st Week
Babies 2nd Week
Babies 3rd Week
Babies 4th Week - Home coming!
Babies 5/6 Week
Babies 7th Week
Babies 8th Week
Babies 1st Week
Babies 2nd Week
Babies 3rd Week
Babies 4th Week - Home coming!
Babies 5/6 Week
Babies 7th Week
Babies 8th Week
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