Hey Everyone:
A quick update about the triplets, we had them at the Dr. yesterday so we have the latest on their heights and weights.
Hannah – 6lbs 5ozs, 19.25″ Long
Joshua – 6lbs 4ozs, 19.5″ Long
George – 5lbs 13.5ozs, 19″ Long
He also told us no visitors for 3 months due to the prematurity of the babies lungs, and all caretakers must be healthy with no illness for two weeks. They drew blood on Hannah and George yesterday for labs, and Hannah howled so loud the whole time I thought she was going to break glass. I think it hurt Mommy a little bit to watch her little girl in such pain. I helped with George, but he didn’t cause as big of a fuss. Hannah has a slight heart murmur, the Dr. doesn’t think it’s anything serious and will outgrow it, but they want to send her to Children’s Hospital and have some tests run. Hopefully, it’s nothing, just them being cautious.
Our sleep is definitely going down hill quickly….. George has now decided that he wants to be feed and held about every 2.5 hours and he is very vocal about it, he will be inconsolable until he is fed. He’s been very disruptive lately and it’s wearing on Kathy and I, especially during the night. I joked that if he keeps it up were going to have to sell him to the Gypies in the middle of the night…. Hannah is still very finicky and definitely hard to burp, we are going to try to reduce her gas with some medicine. She’s also the most vocal when she wants something… she likes to sleep in the boppy pillow, so she’s been doing quite a bit of that lately. Josh is still the easiest by far, he spits up a little, but other than that he is a pretty content little guy who rarely cries and is very patient. He will wait until the others are fed with little or no fussing even if he’s starving. Even his starving cry is short and quiet, he’s also the most physical of the three, he’s strong and sometimes can jerk himself almost out of your hold. We got the go ahead from the Dr. yesterday to cut their feedings down to 6 times a day (every 4 hours) as soon as they can handle it….. unfortunately, George is going the other way, I think he’s going through a growing spurt.
Anyway, that’s about it for now…. Kathy has had a rough go of it lately with George being so demanding about his feedings….. It definitely keeps us up much more at night…. Thanks so much to my Mom (Myrna) and Kathy’s parent’s Wayne and Marlys who have been helping out…. My mom has been helping during the week and Marlys and Wayne on the weekends. They have been a God send and we couldn’t do it without their help. Plus I think we are eating much better than we usually do….
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Take care and hope to hear from you soon….. thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers, keep them up, we definitely need them…..
Love,
Jay, Kathy, George, Josh & Hannah Banana
