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To: amom
Lovely ladies all around ya. Rough life

With all those females about, (there are two more, wife's great nieces), it can be. Betch yer booty it can.

We've got:

One having 'power surges' (aka hot flashes)

One about to go into post partum depression (if she has time :) )

One in a "why am I not pregnant?" funk.

One about to enter puberty.

A frustrated and probably dyslexic (thus the frustration) second grader.

A terrible two year old

Preemie twins, with delusions of grandeur

Oh yea, lots of fun here. Fortunately there are two sons-in-law to share the fun, and a male dog (sort of) for moral support.

13,529 posted on 11/08/2007 4:00:44 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Brad's Gramma; Texas Termite; LucyJo; Kathy in Alaska; Allegra; All
Twin update! (Duplicate from Kaydance's thread

Both babies have some degree of jaundice and Kathryn is on a "light pillow" for treatment. It's way cool, makes her look like a little glow worm, since it's under her blankets and they glow a nice monochromatic bluish green.

The head ICU shift Nurse Practitioner says that it's quite likely Elizabeth will be going home *Tomorrow* (actually today), ,or maybe Monday. That's actually going to create scheduling problems as it will be quite a while before little Kathryn gets to do the same. Fortunately the hospital is only a few minutes, 10 tops, away from home.

Grandpa got to help feed the babies 3 times on Saturday, freeing up Daddy for other stuff, including sleeping. :) They get breast fed, and then a supplemental bottle. I'd feed the bottle to the one while the other ate "The Good Stuff". Kathryn is a really good eater, both ways, usually anyway. She always starts strong, and generally goes as long as they want her to. Well, with the good stuff, with the supplement, it's so so, but she still usually starts strong. Elizabeth often falls asleep when not yet finished, and it's difficult to get her to even try to finish.

Still she's not losing weight anymore, and hopefully will have gained a little in the morning when they have the daily weigh in. Kathryn has also stopped losing, but she has already started gaining.

Since I couldn't get her to take much of the bottle, I did have a nice long snuggle with Elizabeth while Kat was finishing, or not finishing actually, at the 11 PM feeding.

Also took their Mommy to lunch at a Chinese place in Austin that their Daddy doesn't like much, between the 11 AM and 2 PM feedings.

13,530 posted on 11/10/2007 11:06:54 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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