The Fairy and the Mermaid

The girls are 37 weeks today!

Hazel is in a big girl crib! Her night nurse, Rose, put her in the crib last night. Hazel's temperature was too hot for her isolette. The temperature in the isolette could not be turned down any more, the only thing to do was take her out. Rose said when she put Hazel in the crib, she opened her eyes and looked around like, "Whoa! Wait a minute! What is this?" She enjoys the room in the crib. She was sleeping well when we arrived at the hospital. The fussiness continues today. It is still a result of the vaccinations. It should get better in a day or two. Restricting bottle feedings to once every twelve hours is taking its toll. Hazel gets too excited now with her feedings. She cannot calm down long enough to swallow. Instead she flails her arms and takes gigantic gulps. With all of this said, she did take her 4:00 bottle today in about 15 minutes. Her feedings, when given through her feeding tube, are now up to 34 ml given over 30 minutes. The bradys continue. Normally preemies out grow bradys around 37 weeks. Her weight today was 4 lbs. .5 oz.

Cora was also a little fussy. She spent the day grunting and moving around in her crib. She took most of all her bottles today. Her nurse, Amy, feels like Cora is finally figuring out how this eating thing works. When she gets too tired, she is still feed through the tube, but she sucks on her pacifier like it is giving her milk. Cora had a brief brady last night. Again, probably from the vaccinations. She did not have any today. Her weight today was 4 lbs. 8.5 oz.

The girls have their eye exams tomorrow. We are hoping for better news.

Tonight's book: I am a Bunny.