Week 2

20/12

Jack is now on 4ml per hour feeds, Ella is still on 2ml as she has a little bloating.  Having said that Ella is now up to 890 grams, having put on 68 grams over the last 4 days!  Come on the kilo mark! With Jack's feeds, he should start putting on weight rapidly too.  I guess a short report is a good one, nothing bad to say!

I like this pic of Jack, he looks peaceful

First pic of Ella with her eyes open!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19/12

Jack was weighed yesterday and he has lost 10 grams since birth - not bad, he could have lost up to 10% of his birth weight. When we went in today, the nurse asked if we would like to do the nappy change for him - when we said yes she said "Good coz he's done a bad poo!" And boy had he... Anthea changed the nappy. He still has a little nappy rash so we only loosely put a nappy under him. Jessie was holding his hand and Jack pee'd on her hand! it was hilarious. It was such a good one, he even sprayed the top of his plastic crib! I got to hold my little man again when the nurse had to change his bedding. Ella is still being a good girl, no major dramas and still on CPAP. she is off the jaundice lights again and looking a bit pinker which is nice to see.

       
18/12

We got the results back from the head scan, all normal, no bleeds for both Jack and Ella. This is fantastic news and what we were really hoping to hear! Jack is now back on feeds, 1 ml per hour which he is now digesting so hopefully we'll see some extra weight gain in the coming days. Jack is due to be weighed today so we'll know how much he has gained or lost. Ella is back under the lights to combat jaundice, Jack's colour is fairly normal now, he's quite pink! They're both starting to open their eyes now, just a crack for a few seconds but still nice to see. Jack has fairly blonde hair which is starting to fill out, Ella's is more a light brown colour. 18/12 PS - Anthea went back in to see the little
cherubs tonight and was told a couple more pieces of good news. Jack's now off antibiotics as of yesterday, his infection is all gone. They are also bumping up his feeds so by tomorrow he will be on more than Ella. Yes he's Barry's son!