6 weekers!

Well the girls turned 6 weeks old yesterday. They are growing soo fast! They are all still in the NICU, but they are getting better everyday. They are all now co-bedding (all in the same crib) and they have been doing so since they turned 5 weeks old. Here is a pic of them on their first day back together right after we got them all setteled in. This is in reality set in for me....that I actually had 3 babies and now they are all together!! Yeah!

Now that they have been co-bedding, the girls seem to be doing alot better. They all have been waaay less tachypnic (breathing really fast) and they all have been eating better. It is funny because if you seperate them in the crib, they all fuss until you move them back close together. They have to almost be touching each other to be content. But anyways, they are all off of their IV's and taking any where from 1 1/2 ounces to 2 ounces each feeding. They still tire out sometimes and have to be fed through their feeding tube, but they bottle feed more than they tube feed so that is good and I breast feed each of them at least once a day for now. Braylea got started on Reglan because she has been refluxing which causes her heart rate to go down. Addisyn still has her oxygen but they are slowly weaning her off of it, but she is no longer on caffeine anymore. Braylea and Jayci are still on daily doses of caffeine but are off of the oxygen and have been for a while now and they are doing good. They all got eye exams last Saturday & today and so far their eyes look good, just haven't finished developing and they will get a recheck in 2 weeks. But, that is about the gist of it, the just have to continue to "feed & grow" and hopefully come home soon!! Here are the pics I took of their 6 weeks. They aren't to great, but better than nothing!

Ms. Addisyn before bath time- 5# 2.7 oz

Ms. Braylea looking for her grub-- 5#6.3 oz

Ms. Jayci all content with a full belly!-- 4# 6.4 oz

All my girls snuggled together!

On Thursday Justin went and picked Bradyn up from daycare and brought him up to the NICU, but since he isn't old enough to go in the NICU, the nurses let him look through the window at the girls. If looks could kill, I would have been dead! I was feeding Braylea when they showed up and I walked over to the window to show him & he did not like it one bit. He looked at his daddy & then would not look at me anymore! But, hopefully he will be different when they come home. Otherwise, he has been doing good, he baby talks up a storm and his favorite words have become "Pawpaw" (my dad) "Buckwheat" (one of my parent's miniature donkeys) and "STOP!" (he even has hand movements to this one!). He is quiet a character now days! One thing is for sure though, he will ALWAYS be "momma's boy"!

Until next time,

Take Care!!