Mary is eating a lot better now and is doing well at both breastfeeding and the bottle. Over the weekend one of the nurses could not feed her and put in a feeding tube. They left it in and she's been feeding from that for about 1/3 of her feedings. They finally took it out today and she's eating a lot better. Today our nurse was Sarah, who is also a lactation specialist. She explained that if the girls breastfeed well, then they should not be expected to finish their entire bottle. That was a relief. Mary breastfed twice today for 20 and 15 mins and did a good job. She did not finish her bottle after breastfeeding, but she came pretty close. At the other feedings she just had a bottle and finished it fine. Hopefully she is continuing to do well tonight. Peter was there for the 6:00 PM feeding but we did not go back there tonight - we went out with some friends.
The girls are wearing their own clothes now, which is nice. They got some outfits in the mail from Grandma and Great Aunt Dorothy. We did not have any preemie size clothes. We bought some too though and actually had a few things in "newborn" size that fit them fairly well. Now that we can use our clothes we can dress them a bit warmer too, which will help them get out of those isolettes. Both Mary and Sophie have broken in their new outfits by soiling themselves, but that's OK! When Mary gets dirty she gets very upset - she likes to be clean and fresh.
Here's a picture of Sophie that Peter took yesterday. I just wanted to finally get one of her with her eyes open. It will be a lot easier to capture some Kodak moments when they get home...
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