More bottles!!

Ok, since it has been a few days and I am sure everyone has checked for an update more than once since Monday, we thought we better get to it. I can't believe it is already Thursday, my days seem to slide together without me really paying attention. This week I have been going to the hospital twice a day every other day and once a day on the other days so that I can get some things done. My mom has been coming over to help me return things and do some running around on the days that I don't go to the hospital until the evening with Ryan. I love having her around.

The trio is doing really well....

Emery is receiving 8cc of formula/breast milk an hour and will be getting her PICC removed tomorrow morning at 2am. It is being removed since her feeds are enough to give her the calorie intake she needsn which means she no longer requires the additional calories/fluids that she has been receiving through the PICC line. This also means she will be able to start wearing clothes we bring her from home!!! We knew it would be likely that she (& the boys) would be having their PICC lines removed in the coming days so my mom & I definelty went shopping for a few preemie outfits for all of them earlier in the week. Ryan and I took the outfits to the hospital tonight so Emery would be ready for tomorrow. I will be sure to post some pictures of her in her first outfit as soon as I can. She is continuing to gain weight and is approx 3lbs 11oz.







Grayson has been bottle feeding every 3 hours since Monday. He has done really well with it but on occasion he is very tired and prefers to just get his food the easy way, through his feeding tube. Tonight was one of those nights. Ryan was trying to give him his 6pm feeding and unfortunately he wanted to sleep instead. Babies his size extert a lot of energy bottle feeding so it is very normal for them to get tired after a few minutes of feeding or from simply being tired from bottle feedings earlier in the day. With everyday that passes he gets bigger and stronger and before we know it he will be feeding with no problem. On another note, Grayson's bili numbers have gone back up again so he is back under the lights. The doctors will be running some tests to see if there is some underlying issue that may be causing his bili numbers to keep rebounding. We are thankful they want to run tests to make sure but are hoping the cause is just due to underdevelopment. He is continuing to gain weight and is approx 3lbs 7oz. He is closing in on Emery!





These pics are from tonight's attempt of dad trying to feed Grayson. As you will see he was more interested in laying against dad's chest and snoozing than eating.







Nathan started bottle feeding on Wednesday!!! Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures as the first bottle was given to him at midnight. I was there for his second bottle at noon but didn't have a camera with me. He is still receiving continous feeds but they have started to give him a bottle every 12 hours. This allows him to start to learn how to bottle feed while still receiving all his calories through his feeding tube. Nathan's PICC line will likely be removed in another day or two as well. He is also continuing to gain weight and is approx 2lbs 14oz.







Until next time.......