August 28th, 2008
Today Ava weighed in at 8lbs!!! Emilie was 6lb 8oz. Both are putting on weight steadily…
Ava had a cranial evaluation today to assess a slight deformity of one of her sutures on the right side. They say that this is due to her positioning in the womb (15+ weeks against my pelvis). She favors the right side and it is putting pressure on her skull. The therapist gave us exercises and positioning to do at home to correct her head shape. We hope it corrects naturally.
Tandem feeding attempts have been going well. We accomplished three yesterday and one today. Sorry the pictures are too graphic to post =)
Stephanie
August 23rd, 2008
We are at the five week old mark… our official due date was 08/20 (Grandma Luckett’s birthday) and the end of our gestational week counting. Both girls are doing well and growing slowly but surely.
We had my father and stepmother here for a week to help which was amazing. Jason and I actually made it out to dinner one night alone!! No to bad!! My mother comes again Monday so the “coffee fairy” and “laundry fairy” returns!! Yeah!!
Our next set goal is to learn to tandem feed. I have bought a twins nursing pillow which comes very recommended… and looks like a giant lunch counter… so hopefully by the next post we will have proof of our success.
Stephanie
August 2nd, 2008
The girls are officially two weeks old today (or 37 3/7 gestational weeks). We have been home 1.5 weeks with them now and it feels like only a few days have gone by. We have had our great days and some not so great days (thanks to my surging hormone levels…). As a birthday present to me… the girls both decided to breast feed on their own today (all day!!). No shields, no bottles, no major meltdowns. Good ole fashion breast feeding. I am swelling with pride and accomplishment.
Jason and I have worked out a schedule for night feedings (still bottle feedings but NO formula needed anymore). I head for bed around 930 and sleep until the 2am feedings. Jason does the 10-130 feedings and then sleeps until he gets up for work. We both slept until 845 this morning.
Jason has actually played 18 holes of golf (for his birthday) and went to the driving range today. I have been to the hair salon / therapy office (thanks Jenny!!) for an hour.
My mother (aka laundry fairy, coffee fairy, vacuum fairy) leaves on Monday and it feels like ripping off a band aid… hopefully we can keep our heads above water.
More pictures to come (we swear!!)
Stephanie
