I am happy to report that there isn't much to report tonight. We continue to work hard on establishing consistent oral feeding, although we have good and bad feeding sessions depending on how sleepy they are. We are also back and forth with their weights, so we've increased Andrew's feeding volumes to try to bulk him up a bit more. We will repeat a bunch of labs on Monday that tell us about nutrition and decide if we should up my breastmilk from 24 calories to 26 calories per ounce. It'll be nice when weight gain isn't such a battle....although I think that is a ways off:)
Jack and I also went to an orientation with the pediatrician group we've picked for them last night. We were really impressed with the group and stayed after to talk with one of the nurse practitioners about their situation. They have lots of multiples in their group and several preemies currently, so they have lots of resources and support for families like us. I am so relieved that we really liked their group since we will be spending LOTS of time there for the first couple months they are home -- Andrew, especially, will need very frequent weight checks and nutrition adjustment. Oh our lives are going to be even busier than they are now, which is hard to imagine!
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