Author Archives: Chris

  1. Preparing for independence

    updates

    One of the nurses here is the Car Seat Guru, so today she gave us a full rundown on car seat safety. We brought in our seats and went over them thoroughly—and as you can see in the above picture—even tested it out with Lucas. We were all surprised at how well he fits, and […]

  2. Rooming in

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    Things are moving along. We were finally given a parent room so we can sleep at the hospital with the boys in the same room. The goal being waking and feeding the boys much like we will when we’re home. At this point, the boys are being fed on demand. That means the boys are […]

  3. Side by side

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    So the boys are over 7 weeks old, or 36 weeks gestation. Sebi is 2545 grams (5.6 lbs) and Lucas broke 2000, weighing in at 2035 (4.5 lbs). Those 510 g don’t seem like a lot but in this side by side shot the differences are a bit more obvious. Apparently Lucas finds his chubby […]

  4. Colour coded

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    One of our primary nurses is a hoarder of the cute NICU baby clothes and blankets. She had some fun dressing Sebi and matching his bed. Green looks good on him.

  5. Big day

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    We’ve had a big couple of days actually. Abeulo Alfonso arrived yesterday and got to meet his grandsons for the first time. As if that wasn’t enough Lucas was moved to a cot tonight and Sebi has been disconnected from the monitors! We’re awfully proud of our boys, everyday they amaze us.

  6. Gold stars

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    We got our very first gold stars today! Me and the boys successfully tandem breastfed (both at same time) for 10 minutes. It was an amazing experience. It really felt like the boys were playing off each others energy because neither had breastfed so well when alone. These two are our little champs, our soldiers, […]

  7. Our new home

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    This is our new home for the time being. We will likely be moved to a parent room as we get closer to coming home, but we at least have a window now.

  8. Lazy afternoon

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    After getting up at 6 to shop and volunteer at the POMBA sale this morning we deserved some downtime. Analia went to catch up on the Royal Wedding hoopla while I went to lounge with the boys. They had already started when I got here–basking in the sun on this nice spring day. The afternoon […]

  9. Like mami

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    We had a nice visit with the boys tonight, good snuggles, some poops and lots of grunts. We did realized; however, that Lucas may resemble mami when sleeping—arms up and mouth open.