Thursday July 10, 2008

It was a feed and grow day. We practiced twice today and the nurse was ambitious and thought I should try nursing both girls at the same time. It was successful this morning – with an extra set of hands, but that is going to take some work. The girls also got their nasal gavage tubes today! We’ve been trying to get them so that we don’t have to take out and insert tubes in their throat every other feeding. It works well, because we can see how much the girls have eaten (by pulling food out with the syringe) and then give them their remaining feeding while I hold them. It’s pretty slick. This afternoon, the girls and I had a nice snuggle and story time. However, the girls were antsy this evening and practice wasn’t quite as successful, but we’ll keep working.