Twins 4/15/09

Keaton and Kali are officially on the 8th floor at Children's Memorial Hermann and are in a level 2 care. They are both doing great today. They each have their own room and will stay in seperate rooms until they get out of the isoletes and into an open crib and then they will put the two of them together. So as of now, mommy gets to go back and forth everyday from room to room. The good thing is is that their rooms are sort of across the hall and cadicorner from each other and I can see Kali's monitor from Keaton's room and vice versa. Mommy has more privacy now with the babies. Keaton and Kali have found a nurse that they really like so we have asked her to be a primary nurse for them. This means that any time this particular nurse is working, she will be with my babies. Today, Keaton weighs 4lbs 5oz and Kali weighs 3lbs 8oz. Keaton took 8cc with the bottle out of 39cc and Kali took 9cc with the bottle out of 33cc. I was informed that babies don't normally get to start understanding how to handle a bottle, meaning suck, swallow, and breathe all at the same time until they are 34-36 weeks. Keaton and Kali are only considered 32 1/2 weeks so what they are doing now is just practice for them. They don't expect them to really pick up the bottle thing for a few more weeks. Therefore, with them being so young, they are doing an excellent job every day.