33 Weeks

Happy 33rd week boys and three week birthday tomorrow. 

Wiley 

• You are now weighing in at 3 lbs 8 ounces and eating 35 cc's every three hours. Way to go - that was your goal! 
• We are continuing to practice your nursing skills once a day too. Some days you seem to really have the hang of it and others you're more interested in sleeping (can't say I blame you when you are being fed without having to work for it through your feeding tube!). 
• You are our little Houdini. Your nurse put you on your belly, all wrapped up in your snuggie, and came back to find you on your back. Later, the doctor found you out of your snuggie and at the top of your mattress. Not sure how you're doing this little Squirmy Wormy, but the doctors joke that you'll be crawling out of your isolate before going home!

Ryan

• You are now weighing in at 3 lbs 11 ounces - we are so excited that this isn't IV fluid weight, but a healthy weight now!
• Today you began compressed feedings - 30 cc's every three hours! Yay - this was such an exciting step. If you tolerate these new feedings, you will hopefully lose your cannula in the next few days. And even more exciting, you will begin nursing once a day too. 
• You are our little observer. You are so much more alert this week. When people are talking or your machines beeping, you turn towards the sounds. You like to focus on objects around you and hold your gaze much longer than last week. 

It is so exciting watching the growth you are making each week. Keep it up boys and you'll soon be home at last!