Shruthi gave us a scare yesterday morning. She pulled her hat over her mouth and nose and started crying. Good thing we caught it in time. No more hats for Shruthi! Elizabeth, the nurse came by yesterday evening. She weighed the babies, Vennela was at 4lb 6oz and Shruthi at 5lb 1oz. They seem to be gaining about 1oz per day, good progress.
I got the night shift duty for the weekend, 2am and 5am feedings. Got up at 2am and fed Shruthi, she did well, finished her feeding in 45 mins. I set the alarm for 5am, but forgot to turn it on;) Luckily Swapna and her mom were on top of things, so the babies didn't miss the 5am feeding.
Swapna had fun feeding the babies this afternoon. We wanted to get the babies used to breast feeding, so didn't give them bottles for their 2pm feeding. The babies weren't happy, both of them started screaming, Swapna kept busy, swapping them. Now we know how to make them breastfeed, wait till they are hungry.
Learned a new trick to wake up the babies, putting a wet towel on their tummy seems to work all the time.
Babies had a lot of visitors today, first came Tracy, then Robyn & Scott and Amarnath & Jessee. Jesse got us a boppy pillow and Robyn got the babies a pink bouncer. Ann and Dave also stopped by in the evening.
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