So we are advancing their oral feedings and are making some progress! Paige is now allowed to orally feed as much as she can tolerate. This means if she is acting hungry and awake, we breastfeed or give her a bottle. If she is sleepy and uninterested, we rely on the tube. Andrew is up to 4-5 feeds a day, too. We pushed them a bit today when we were there and they were both exhausted tonight, especially Andrew. They were completing their entire bottles early in the day, but by the evening they were falling asleep in the middle of the feed. It is definitely going to take some time to build up their energy and stamina.
We've starting talking about our discharge checklist, which is a good sign. They each have lots that has to happen before discharge and we'd prefer this all get done early so that when we are ready something silly isn't holding us back. They both need eye exams, cardiology consults, repeat head ultrasounds,developmental assessments, event studies, vaccines, circumcision for Andrew, car seat challenges, and some other small things that I am forgetting right now. This is a pretty big checklist and we will hopefully get a good start on it this upcoming week.
36 weeks tomorrow. Can you believe it?!?!
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