2 Months Old~~2 down, 1 to go!!

Well, once again, it's been a while since I posted!! Alot has happened. We now have 2 babies home and 1 still in the NICU. As much as I hated leaving Braylea by herself, we got to bring Addisyn (the first born) and Jayci (the smallest & last born) home on the 2nd of this month. Braylea had to stay in the NICU because she was still continuing to have bradycardic episodes when she was eating because she was still having trouble coordinating her suck, breath & swallow thing. So when Addisyn & Jayci were ready to go, the doc & I had a long discussion about whether to leave them there with Braylea or take them home. I decided to go ahead & bring them home because the doc said that Braylea could continue her episodes for a few days or a few weeks, it was up to her, and that he wouldn't send her home until she was episode free for a week. I didn't want to leave them there when there was no reason for them to be there and risk them catching another infection or having another setback. Soooo, they are home with Braylea hopefully to follow next week. Her last episode was on the 7th and she hasn't had any more since, so the countdown begins! It has been hard not getting to be up there with her as much as I would like. I get to go up there only once a day to see her and love on her. During the week my mom goes and feeds her as much as she can since she works at the hospital, so she is just around the corner from Braylea. The nurses tell me that they hold her and love on her all the time, so I know she will be spoiled when she gets home!! They say they feel sorry for her because you can tell she misses her sisters because she was always the one in the middle. I just hope she remembers who her mommy is :( .
Anyways, the first week home with 2- 2 month olds and a 19 month old has been quit interesting. Surprisingly the girls have not been that bad at all (yet). I have been keeping them on the same schedule where they eat every 3-4 hours etc. 30 minutes apart from each other and so far it has been working. We had our first pedi appt on Thursday & all went well. The doc was pleased that we didn't go home on any monitors or meds and that all we have to do is follow up with the eye doctor and the cardiologist. Otherwise, they are perfectly healthy and are continuing to grow like crazy! My 19 month old on the other hand has been quite a character since we got them home. He isn't bad with the girls, just with me & daddy. It is amazing how he has learned to tear the house apart even more than what he already does in just one week, and all the different ways he can get our attention (whether good or bad)! He has also learned what "time out" is to. It just kills me to discipline him because he just looks at you with his tear filled baby blue eyes and says "sowry".....ughhh that kills me every time! But hopefully he will start getting better. He likes to give his "sissies" kisses and give me their bottles when I am getting ready to feed them. He also runs to their room when he gets home from daycare to make sure they are still here.

Here are the statistics on the triplets for the 2 months:

Baby A~ Addisyn: Birth: 3 lbs 2.8 oz, 15 inches

2 months: 7 lbs 1.5 oz, 19 3/4 inches

Baby B~ Braylea: Birth: 3 lbs 4.5 oz, 15 3/4 inches

2 months: 6 lbs 11.4 oz, 19 1/2 inches

Baby C~ Jayci: Birth: 2 lbs 13.9 oz, 14 1/2 inches

2 months: 6 lbs 1 oz, 19 inches

And last but not least, here some pics to enjoy!

My 3 little Miracles (from L-R)
Addisyn, Braylea, Jayci

Headed out the door with Addy & Jayci

Addisyn all dressed up to go home!

Home at last!

2 months old (and sleeping in her OWN bed too!)

Miss Braylea got to be dressed up to so she wasn't left out

All cuddled up!

2 months old

Miss Jayci all dressed up to go home to

Bradyn seeing Jayci for the first time

Bradyn giving Jayci hugs & kisses

2 months old

So that is it for now! Gotta go cjange diapers & feed babies!

Until next time,

Take Care!!

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!!