Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I'm too tired to think of a clever title!

Who knew that not having babies at home could be so exhausting (am I sounding like a broken record?) I must be tired, because I just realized that iTunes went from playing Adele to Aerosmith and I hardly noticed!  The past days have been more of the same, trying to figure out how best to split our time between home and the hospital.  Brandon I were talking last night that even though it will pretty tough having three babies at home at first, it will be worth it to have everyone under the same roof!

Luckily the boys have a had a good few days. After a rough weekend and a round of antibiotics, Brennen is doing much better!  He's begun to put up a fight during his care time, which is a good sign.  I was holding him today and he surprised me by lifting his head off my chest and pushing up with his arms.  Brandon also had a similar experience with him...strong little guys!  Liam did a typical baby move and managed to get his knees underneath him while on his tummy so his little bum was up in the air.  Graham is still content to be wrapped up tight like a burrito.  He is very vocal and lets you know the instant his diaper is dirty or he's hungry. The big news is they are all eating like champs and gaining weight!  Brennen is officially 3lbs., Liam is 3lbs 9oz and Graham is 3lbs. 10oz!  They all seem to like sucking on their pacifiers, which is a good sign for when it's time to teach them how to nurse or take a bottle...can't wait for that!  

We are still dealing with Bradys and Desats (drop in oxygen saturation), but they will hopefully start to become few and far between.  I have to hope that we are over the worst of what can occur and will now have to wait for them to learn to breath better on their own, learn to eat, and gain some more weight.  

Addie has been having a rough time at school lately, so since I'm feeling better I have been spending my mornings at the hospital and my afternoons at home with her.  She has had a great few days and asked to go see the boys today.  We lasted a whole hour in the NICU...impressive for an almost four year old!  She held Liam's hand while I took his temperature and changed his diaper.  The cutest had to be when she started singing "Rock-a-bye Baby" to Graham when he was upset during his care time.  She was singing very softly because she didn't want the nurses to hear her!  When we were leaving she said, "They are more than babies, they're my brothers."  That was enough to melt my heart and pretty much say yes to whatever she asked for the rest of the day...sucker! 

2 comments:

  1. Kristin, Addie's comment is about the cutest thing I have ever heard. :) Thinking of you all!! Love, Jen

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  2. We heard those monitors go off all the time for the boys...it was weird to not have them when we finally got to take the boys home....almost worried us...I think we just sat and stared at them the whole night to make sure they were really ok!!! Let me know if you ever need to talk....I wish I'd had someone with a similar experience to talk to when I had the boys!!!!

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