Our Hungry Little Girls

The girls are growing (and eating) like crazy. Mila is 5lbs 6oz and Sophia is almost 5lbs 5oz. Both are gaining ~2oz a day!

One of the criteria for bringing them home is that they have to be eating 100% by mouth. Mila is pretty much there. She pulled out her feeding tube yesterday morning and the nurse said she didn't want to put it back in until it was absolutely necessary. So far she hasn't needed it - she's been doing all her bottle-feeds. She acts like we haven't fed her in weeks when feeding time rolls around.

In fact, Mila normally gets 60CCs of formula - which is based on her weight. At 5:30 yesterday, she plowed through that and acted like she was still starving. She wound up drinking an extra 20CCs. While this doesn't sound like much, it's a pretty big deal (+33%). this was after getting a bath and being weighed - which can wear preemies out, keeping them from feeding well.

Sophia is also doing well eating. It still wears her out a bit to bottle feed, but she took 100% of two of her feeds by mouth yesterday. They have been gavage-feeding her for a couple of her feedings to let her get her energy up.

Both girls are sleeping really well, which is crucial for them to grow and come home. The both are usually wide awake at their 9:30 feedings.

I have a couple of cute pictures that I'll post today, but I don't have them in the computer yet.

We're hopeful that the girls will be home around the new year. Their Uncle Brian, Aunt Kim, and cousins Hannah and Zachary will be in Mass in early January and we hope they'll get to meet the girls at home.