It has been a week of small milestones for Dylan and Emma:
- Both Dylan and Emma got off their drips
- Dylan got to wear a baby grow on Wednesday. This was the first step to moving him off his ICU bed with the inbuilt heater.
- We were a little worried when Emma did not get to wear her baby grow. When the time came she was ready for bottle and baby grow, no prep necessary.
- On Thursday they waxed the floor of the ICU unit and so all babies moved temporarily next door into the High Care Unit. We learnt early on that high care is where you want to be and that you are then 1 step from being discharged.
- On Friday we got great news that our little twins where promoted to high care. So the doctor said that they did not need to go back to ICU. We were thrilled.
- They are finally sleeping together again in one Cot after having been apart for 11 days while on their own little beds in ICU. They both have baby grows and knitted hats courtesy of the hospital.
- On Friday evening both were fed a full feed with a bottle.
Dylan and Emma both took very well to the bottle feeding. The feeding is very tiring for them and they have to be really awake to make it through a feed. Dylan had another bottle feed when I went through to see them today, Saturday 23 May. On Thursday Dylan weighed just under 2 kg and Emma was up to 2.2 kg. That was 100 g up from the last weighing. They are going to be weighed today again and going to have their second bath.
Below are some pictures to see more on Flickr Click Here: Click this link for 15 more photos of Dylan and Emma
Here is a picture of Anina at their new Cot in High Care:
And here they are in their Cot Colour coded:
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