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!!

1 Month Ago......

...yesterday my life was forever changed again (The first time was when Bradyn was born). My 3 beautiful daughters were born. I can't believe it has already been a month. My how time flies! I guess all the trips to the NICU and taking care of Bradyn everyday keep me a little occupied! They have all already changed soooo much and their personalities are starting to grow more & more everyday. They amaze me on a daily basis. I took little headbands and put on them yesterday for their 1 month pictures since we aren't able to get "real pics" made yet. You can see the pictures to the right. So far the girls are staying on the right track and are doing better everyday (trying not to jinx myself or them!). Addisyn is now up to 15 cc every 3 hours on her feedings and is slowly requiring less oxygen, but she still needs the little boost, either that or she just likes the smell of the plastic, not sure which one yet because she goes up and down on her oxygen saturations. But, she is hanging in there. She also still has to stay under the warmer because she hasn't quit figured out how to hold her temp that good yet, she has almost got it down though. Yesterday she weighed 4#3oz. Braylea is now in a normal open crib all wrapped nice and neat and actually gets to where clothes now!! She loves being swaddled. She has been off her oxygen still and is doing great on that. I got to start bottle feeding her yesterday (YEAH!) and she took all of it but like 10cc. She bottle fed 2 times in a row today while I was there & did great. She is now eating 30cc (or 1 ounce) every 3 hours. As of yesterday she weighed 4# 6oz. Jayci got to start feedings again yesterday getting 1cc every 3 hours and got moved up to 2cc every 3 hours today. It is just enough to piss her off because she gets fussy & sucks on her pasi like a mad woman! But, the doc is going slow with her so she doesn't have the same problem she had a few weeks ago (losing all of her feedings and not getting to eat for 2 weeks). She is tolerating her 2 cc w/o any residuals so I am excited about that! She was put back on a little oxygen over the weekend because she wants to take off and start breathing real fast and it makes her oxygen saturation levels drop, but she is doing good, I just think she was starting to miss the smell of the plastic to since she was without it for a week or so. And she is also still hanging out under the warmer in her diaper since she still has a little trouble regulating her temp. Yesterday she weighed 3# 11 oz, so she has almost reached the 4 # mark!
So, that is my quick little update for now! Hopefully we continue to stay on the right track and get to come home soon!
Until next time,
Take Care!