Our First Month!

What a month it has been for ME! We have so much to talk about-health, happiness, growth, sleeping, eating, and much more-which will be naturally double the pleasure. As per doctor’s orders this past Monday, we had a follow-up doctor’s visit to check mainly Madelaine’s weight. Based on her increased calories as directed by the doctor, which was included as an additional feeding on top of her typical eight, Madelaine put on roughly 26 grams per day over 7 days. This accumulation even surpassed Eleanor’s 24 grams, bringing Madelaine’s and Eleanor’s respective weights to 5.9 and 6.9 pounds. As far as length we won’t be dunking any basketballs in the near future, but we now measure the same at 18.5”. Our doctor explained that these two measurements have placed us closer to the normal population of infant growth, so we’ve come a long way baby since unexpectedly dropping into this wild world one month ago! Ms. Madelaine still has some acid reflux that comes and goes throughout the day, but overall the amount that she spits up has seemed to lessen with each passing day. For some unexplained reason, sleeping in our Pack ‘n’ Play on the main level of the house has been an uneventful part of the day. We quickly fall asleep when Mom and Dad place us in there and we can easily pass 3-4 hours of the day in there dreaming about springtime and helping Dad prepare the lawn for the summer! Because of our fear of heights (wink wink) on the second level, we haven’t been able to catch many Z’s during the precious nighttime hours…much to the chagrin of Mom and Dad. We think our tandem system of spitting out our pacifiers and crying within 10 minutes of Mom and Dad “supposedly” tucking us in for the night has gone without a hitch. We’re not sure how long we can keep this up, but in the meantime we savor (as we’re sure Mom and Dad do!) our nighttime sleeping arrangement as Queens in a King-sized bed in the comfortably warm presence of Mom, Dad, Tootsie, and Leona! Speaking of sleeping at night and fitting in our required feedings, we typically eat at 11, 2, and 5, give or take an hour-such good bonding time with Mom and Dad! Cheers to all and the thought of the day is Think Spring!! Love, ME