Happy Three Week Birthday Girls! Love Mom and Dad
Since the little ladies are preemies, they have a difficult time staying awake to nurse. When they begin to drift off I help them do baby exercises to become more alert. Here is Lucy doing some leg lifts.
Since the little ladies are preemies, they have a difficult time staying awake to nurse. When they begin to drift off I help them do baby exercises to become more alert. Here is Lucy doing some leg lifts.
This is Marigny scowling at Papa Bear during her noon gavage feeding today.
Today's weights:
Lucy: 5 lbs., 2.5 ozs.
Marigny: 5 lbs., 9.4 ozs.
The twinsies are getting breast milk for all of their feedings, breast milk contains 20 calories per mL. To help them gain weight there are calories added to my breast milk to bring the caloric count up to 24 calories per mL. Right now Marigny takes 48 mL, every three hours and Lucy takes 45 mLs every three hours. During rounds today, the neonatologist noted that they are not having any problems gaining weight and that they could probably cut back on the calories that get added to the breast milk. One step closer to coming home!!
2 comments:
Two days bigger already! You may take home 7 lb bruisers!
Love,
Nana
Exercise, yuck. I not sure this is a good thing, especially with the very young. Young people today, what will they think of next?
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