Quick Update

We're exhausted tonight, so here are a few quick bullet points for the day:

*Feeding wasn't so wonderful today.  They both actually did pretty well with breastfeeding and Andrew even had his bottle debut...but neither of them had any interest at all in the bottle tonight.  Disappointing.  And Paige doesn't seem to like the 22 calorie breastmilk very much.  She isn't digesting her feeds again and has a lot of residual (milk left in her belly when its time for the next feed), so they have had to drop her volume for several feeds today.  If this isn't better by tomorrow, we will put her back to regular breastmilk.  We are really hoping we don't have to do this though, because the team is already a little disappointed by their weight gain and this won't help.  They were gaining pretty well but have plateaued over the last couple days.  I think its because they finally cleared all that poop:)

*They each got a sponge bath today and screamed throughout the entire thing.  What they loved though was their hair wash - and this was a first today!  The nurses hold their heads over the sink and give a little scalp massage with the wash.  They thoroughly enjoy this, but who wouldn't?!? It's like going to the spa!

*Jack survived his blood donation today.  We'll find out tomorrow if he's a match.  Problem is that Andrew's blood type is more rare and the donor has to be CMV negative - together this will be hard to find.  If Jack doesn't work, we'll try a few more people before resorting to the general pool.   Let us know if you are local and A or O negative and wouldn't mind trying to donate!

Time to take a short nap before the next pump.  Oh how I hate the breast pump - it runs my life! But that's for another blog at another time... Thanks for checking in!