Something different tonight

The boys had a few changes today so for once, the post will be more than how much they weigh and that they're on the same oxygen levels :)

Both boys are allowed to take 2 bottles per day now. I went in this afternoon and worked with Lori, their nurse today, on how to give them their bottles. You'd think I'd know how to give a baby a bottle by now but when you're trying to feed a 2 or 3 pound baby who isn't even supposed to be born for another 6 weeks, it can be a bit of a challenge. Addison took half of his 32cc feeding and de-sated once but then he was staying at 100% saturation on room air when he was finished eating.

Riley took all but 8cc of his 25cc feeding and did really well with it. He seems to know to take a break and breathe whereas Addison will just gulp and forget to stop and breathe which then causes him to desat and gag. I'll be giving them one bottle per day and the nurses will give them their second bottle either at 10am or 10pm because they don't want to give their 2nd feedings back to back with the 6pm one that I'll give them. They're also going to ask the doctor to write orders for me to start trying to nurse. This weekend I should be able to try. The nurses said that some babies don't do well on the bottle but nurse wonderfully so while I'm somewhat optimistic, I know it will take patience and time.

Both boys have started getting Zantac because they're starting to have reflux. They're still having a few episodes per day. Some of them are self resolved but it's enough to get the little black check mark in their books.

I asked about turning down their high flow cannulas and I was told that because they're still having some events, they don't want to cause them to work any harder. It could cause them to lose weight or start not tolerating their feeds. Lori did say that if Addison kept his saturation 99-100% she would mention it to the doctor and see if they wanted to turn him down.

Addison gained a little bit of weight and is up to 3lbs. 1.something ounces ( I forgot to write it down when I called this morning) and Riley stayed exactly the same as yesterday.

So, overall they had a good day. I skipped going in tonight and Ian and I went out for dinner and spent some quality time together. All of the nurses told us that we needed to go out before the boys come home and that we needed a night to be a couple. So, we went out for steak and then ran to target to get their 88 cent packs of construction paper. Then we went to The Children's Place to get Leah some jeans. I got a coupon in the mail the other day and I've never bought anything from there but I looked online and saw they had their jeans on sale. Thank goodness Ian went with me. I could have done some serious bank account damage in there. They have cute stuff!