Twins - Week 2 update

Charlotte and Claire continue to do well. They had another weighing today, brought forward due to Good Friday. They both put on between 3-4oz in just 2 days. Claire is now 4lb 10oz and Charlotte is 4lb 12oz, so they are now above their birth weights.
Due to them looking very similar we have decided to "colour code" them! Charlotte will be dressed in pink and Claire in all other colours (primarily yellow and white). We did this because about 50% of the clothing we have for them is pink and we didn't want to mix them up!
The twins are sleeping in between feeds which are still every 3 hours.

Louise continues to do very well with them and is being very helpful when we feed them in her presence. She likes to pat them to sleep and asks why they sleep so much.

Charlotte and Claire are home

The twins came home yesterday afternoon, and when we picked Louise up from daycare, she was very happy to see them. She was bouncing with excitement and kept asking if they could play with her! She has tried to be helpful - patting the babies, getting cloths and other items for us, bringing "toys" to the babies. The twins are on a nominal 3 hour schedule for feeding but that didn't completely work last night :-(
This morning we saw the paediatrician. Charlotte and Claire are both doing well and are within 1oz of their birth weights (now at 4lb 9oz and 4lb 6.5oz for Charlotte & Claire respectively). All the test results so far have been good (including hearing, blood sugar). We go back on Thursday to have their weight checked again before the holiday weekend.

Homeward bound!

Charlotte and Claire are coming home today (as long as the car seat tests go well)!! Wish us all luck...

Twins - Day 9 update with photos and video!

New photos and video added below (Charlotte is on the left in all photos and the two videos are at the very bottom of this post).
Charlotte and Claire are both doing well and continuing to eat well and regulating their own temperatures (with the aid of plenty of blankets).
They will probably come home together on Tuesday. They will have the "car seat test" performed tomorrow which involves them sitting in a car seat for 45 minutes whilst their vital signs are measured. This ensures that they can safely sit in car seats which are not designed for premature babies.
We had the opportunity to bathe and feed them today.





























Charlotte after her bath

Twins - Day 7 update

Alison is now home, much to Louise's delight. Both twins are doing well and they should later tonight be taken out of their temperature controlled crib and put together in a normal, open crib.

We have no definite dates for their discharge but we are hoping Charlotte will be home either Sunday or Monday. Claire will be Tuesday at the earliest.

In other news our minivan has been fully repaired after the accident and all of the car seats have been fitted in anticipation for the girls!