Today was a a big day for Logan. He has been holding his temperature and gaining weight consistently, so he was moved to an open crib. He will be monitored closely to see if he can maintain his temperature for the next 24 hours. If he can, this is one step closer to coming home!
Other big news for the day was that today was our first attempt at breastfeeding. Each baby had a chance to try to latch on and taste the breast milk for the very first time. Emmerson and Logan both latched on and took a couple sucks and Logan swallowed once. Brody was our champ with this. He latched on and sucked and swallowed for almost 5 min. intermittently. This was a big surprise to the nurses and the speech pathologist and to Brody too. It was quite funny to see his reaction the first time he got a mouth full of milk...it was much different than when he sucks his pacifier!
Everyone is doing very well and have moved up on their feeds. Logan and Emmerson had their pic lines removed today and Brody will be taken off the IV tomorrow. They are each progressing very well and the doctors are thinking they might be home in 2-3 weeks. We are very blessed!
2 comments:
WOW! Today was a big day! I'm sure that's a sign for many more great days ahead! Give the babies kisses for us!
I am so very excited to hear that everything is going good; especially the breast-feeding...that is the best thing for them! I miss you guys and I can't wait to hold the little darlings. Love you all!!
Stephanie
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