We made it to an open crib! He maintained his temperature all day with the lowest setting in the isolette, so they moved him out this afternoon. We are all hoping that he does well overnight in his new bed. We are having some worsening reflux though, which is just about the most annoying thing ever. Poor guy has classic reflux symptoms and is going through several outfits a day. We should be buying stock in Dreft! I talked with our favorite attending about other treatment options today that we haven't tried. I'm not in love with any of the ideas so we are going to watch him more closely over the day or so and make a decision. His reflux doesn't seem to be affecting his weight gain so far though. He weighed in at 4 pounds 10 ounces today!!! This is the closest he's ever been in size to his sister.
Speaking of Paige, she continues to be amazing. We are so in awe of her and just want to cuddle with her all the time. She is really starting to master the eating thing and is chugging her bottles in shorter times and with less dribbling. Her awake and alert periods are also getting more frequent and more lengthy, which is really fun -- although not after her 3am feed when she doesn't want to go back to bed! The difference between one baby and two is huge! We learned that just from the two nights Andrew was home. We laughed today that we feel so well rested and full of energy after a night with just Paige feeding every 3 hours! Ha!
Jack goes back to work Monday, so tomorrow night I will be feeding solo. We'll see how that goes! We are all heading to bed now to try to get some rest saved up for during the week. Its always hard to be without Andrew at night, although tonight is a little easier. One of our favorite night nurses has him and she already called saying they were hanging out together watching the Hokies game. It's so comforting to know that he is in good hands and is getting special attention. Thanks, Vivianne!
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