Willow and Stanley were 100 days old on Sunday; to celebrate which they received a cake, cards and photos, all specially made by one of the nurses. Although we were hoping to not reach this milestone in NICU, at least we are nearing the end of our stay here.
Apart from the cake, these last two days have been largely uneventful. But this is a good thing, because most potential events would generally be of the negative variety. The babies did get weighed again - Willow 6lbs 7oz, and Stanley 7lbs 10oz. This means Stanley has put on 7oz in 2 days, which was deemed far too much. Just like his parents, he's now on a diet - his daily milk intake has been cut from 180ml per kilo to 160ml per kilo.
Both babies have been very good so far this year - they've had bottles for most of their feeds, which they tolerate nicely most of the time. Stanley still needs to calm down a bit - he likes to down half the bottle before even considering the fact that he might need to breathe at some point. Willow has not had a bagging epsiode for four days now; and every day she is getting stronger. Maybe the New Year was the turning point for her.
So, we're slowly edging towards those doors to the outside world, where it's going to be a whole new experience - we'll have two new-borns to look after...
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