Growing, Growing, Grown!!

Well, maybe not grown. But finally, after a long four days, the girls have started making forward progress.

I love photos of feet and hands! 

Last night Sybil had gained 20 grams in 24 hours and Addison had gained 30 grams. You can not imagine how that small amount - 1.76 ounces (total weight gained) caused me so much celebration.  Sybil's feeding increased today from 3.5 ml to 5 ml. Addison still has some issues with eating. They say her stomach is "still waking up". And by eating I mean they feed through a tube down their throat... from a very small syringe. Baby steps!

When I got there this morning Sybil was no longer wearing this CPAP with cap on her head. (This photo was last night when Sybil was still wearing the CPAP.)

Both girls are now breathing with a nasal cannula. It is much smaller, not pressing on their face or forehead. Another big difference is that we now can see their beautiful heads of hair. I can not wait to see them side by side. They have some serious cowlicks going on. Wonder where they got those from. I can't wait to see if they are mirror image twins. For example if Addison's hair swipes from left to right Sybils will go from right to left. 

This photo of Addison shows that she is still under the blue bilirubin lights. In fact, both girls are still getting "suntans". The shades may not be Smith Optics but they are doing a good job of blocking rays!! They will be tested again in the morning to see if their levels have dropped. Infant or neonatal jaundice occurs in preterm babies born before week 35. (Note: Addison and Sybil arrived day 6 of week 32.)

So far I have only been able to catch Sybil with no breathing support and no bilirubin light. But they are identical! So a picture of one, for now, pretty much looks like both of them. They are 4 1/2 ounces different in weight, I think. Addison my still be 1/2 inch longer.... So yeah, they look the same. 





Pictures with Hawley and Kent holding Addison. Sybil is still too small to regulate her temperature so she is still in the full isolette. Maybe soon we can get a photo of Mommy and Daddy with her.