Bye Bye NICU

We are out of the NICU! Alice must have gotten lonely because she started eating really well as of Sunday. I do wonder if she ate better because I spent more time with her after Claire left. Both of them have  been on the same eating schedule with half regular feedings and half of the feedings with fortified breast milk. This way I was spending the days feeding Alice in the hospital and the night feeding Claire. When they were both in the NICU I felt like there was more of a time crunch and wanted to get done quicker, because of this I would stop feeding them as soon as they showed signs of being done. We were regularly spending 1.5 to 2 hours for each feeding. When we were doing this every 3 hours, there was not much time for anything else. When Claire went home I felt that I had a lot more time to make sure Alice was getting what she needed. The hardest part of splitting them up was that Marc was unable to see Alice for a while since he would watch Claire. We are glad to have them here and together. 

Another big moment today was our first family excursion. It was just to the pediatrician, but still, it was an event. The poor girls look so miserable in their car seats. They are just big enough to fit in the car seats and sure look tiny in them. It is obviously uncomfortable.

The pediatrician appointment went well. They were just weighed, measured and checked

 out. This was the first time meeting Dr. Baar since the girls came so early. We had our "prenatal appointment" scheduled with her last Tuesday and obviously couldn't make that. We really like her though and have heard only good things about her from those who know her. Our bishop is a doctor in the same building as her and my OBGYN takes her girls to her. That was good enough for me. I tried to feed the girls and change their diapers before hand so they would

behave at the appointment. It was all for naught. Claire needed to be changed and both needed a bottle while we were there. This is a picture of Marc feeding both simontaneiouly. Claire needed a blood test and she jumped when her heel was stuck, but didn't cry and hardly woke up before going back to sleep. I guess that is where the bottle comes in handy. Marc says that after that excursion he is not sure about having any more kids.

All in all we are settling in and are looking forward to finding a rhythm.