Wednesday, July 11, 2007

First visit to the Dr. for the twinks

Today was Genevieve and Jackson's first official Dr.'s visit. We did go in for a weigh in on Saturday, but today was the first full appointment and another weigh in. The twins are up to 5 lbs 11 oz (Genevieve) and 5 lbs 14 oz (Jackson). The Dr. was very impressed with their weight gain since Saturday, and with the fact they are both up over their birth weights already. Way to go babies!

In other news from the appointment, the nurse claims that both babies are measuring 19 3/8 inches long. I find it hard to believe they've grown an inch in the week since their discharge at the hospital, but it could be possible. We're sticking with the ultra spendy formula for preemies for the time being, as apparently it helps with brain development - hard to argue with that. On a positive note, however, Dr. Ryan tells us we are already at the point where we can let the twins sleep as long as they're able to at night without waking them to eat. Now if we can just convince Jackson that means 5 hours without waking and not 3...

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