1 Month Old

What a busy day today is and what a busy week it has been. Today the kids turned one month old. It's hard to believe a month ago I was still sitting in the hospital waiting for something to happen or not happen and today our little babies are a month old.

It's been a busy week and I can't believe I haven't written all week. Well here is an update.

Dillan continues to do well. In fact, today she finally hit 3lbs. She's getting so big and is really starting to look like a little baby. She's such a cutie. She is currently eating 28ml of food per feeding and is doing well. I held her while she ate today.

Tyler is finally starting to feel better. He had another culture today and it came back negative for infection so he just has to finish out his antibiotics. Unfortunately, now he is having some problems digesting his food. On Monday they started feeding him breastmilk again after he hadn't eaten for a couple of days. They fed him Monday and Tuesday and by yesterday morning his belly was really big and hard again so they stopped feeding him. Poor little guy. They give him all the nutrition he needs through his IV, I just wish he could eat. So, now when they start feeding him again they are going to try a formula that has already been broken down into the simplest form so his belly doesn't have to do a lot of work. They will try that and see if that helps him. We will go from there. So, although Tyler isn't eating actual food he is growing!!! Today he was at 3lbs 15oz just one oz away from 4lbs. I expect him to his 4lbs tomorrow. How exciting.

Today we had a conference with the doctors to go over the kids care in detail. It was nice to hear everything beginning from when the kids were born until today. We get great information from the doctors and nurses on a daily basis but it was nice to have it all laid out at once.

The NICU experience continues to have it's ups and downs and daily challenges. We've met some amazing people that help us through and we are so thankful for that. Hope you are all having a good week. I promise I'll try to post more often. :)

Happy 1 Month Birthday to our little Dillan and Tyler. We love you more than you will every realize and can't wait until you are home with us.