And look who's moved into a big boy crib!!
Charlie in his big boy crib
They are going to let Charlie try and maintain his temperature on his own now. His weight has reached 4 lbs, 8.8 oz so this should be very manageable for him. He is bundled up tight though to help him as he adjusts to life outside the incubator. Just another step toward coming home!
Both boys have had a good day. We went at 11 this morning for their feeding and had the lactation specialist come and do a pre/post weight at their feeding. Charlie nursed for about 25 minutes and took in 22 ccs of milk. . . a little over half of his regular feed. For a preemie, this is what is expected. So this helps us have an idea of what to supplement after he nurses. We will have to do this for a while until he is able to become strong enough to get everything on his own. It takes a lot of work and energy for a little guy like this! Alex on the other hand, only nursed for about 15 minutes and got 19 ccs of milk. That's also just slightly over half of his feed. He probably could have gotten a full feed if he had nursed for 20-25 minutes. . poor baby just got tired! Charlie ate the rest of his through a bottle and Charlie had the rest of his fed through his tube. Both boys stayed awake and alert for the rest of the time we were there . . .again, almost two hours of alert time! Wow! Charlie was still awake when we had to leave - if he had been at home, he would have been ready for some play time!
This evening, I was going to try and nurse them both at the same time. However, both boys while awake, were not in much of a mood to do any work. So I held Charlie while he had his feed through his tube and Michael fed Alex most of his bottle. (He got the rest in his tube after we left) Alex was unhooked from his monitors so we got to sit with both boys together. The nurse came back after a while though and bundled Charlie up for bed. Alex was still finishing his bottle, so he sat with us while the nurse finished working with one of the other babies across from the boys.
Mommy and Alex
So since Alex wasn't hooked up to his monitors and we could move him as we pleased, we decided to go ahead and see how Alex looked in the crib next to his brother. Alex isn't quite ready to move to the big boy crib - he still needs another day or so under the photo therapy lights. His weight is up to 4 lbs, 1.5 oz and so as soon as he finishes his therapy, he can join his brother too. I like to think that they will be glad to be back near each other again! :)
Daddy and his boys
Charlie and Alex - the cutest boys around! :)
Home is getting closer every day. . . hopefully we will be talking about moving to the transition room sometime next week! I guess we will see over the weekend - Alex's jaundice needs to disappear and they both need to be able to hold their temperatures. We'll see what happens tomorrow!
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