Leaps and Bounds

Brooklyn without her canula

Brooklyn during her bath

Getting her hair washed

Brooklyn and daddy

Brooklyn's 1st attempt at bottle feeding

That's pretty good stuff

Getting the hang of it

Tayden during his bath

He really liked getting clean

Cleaning his big belly

Washing Tayden's hair

Tayden's 1st attempt at bottle feeding

Mommy and her babies

Mommy looking at Tayden

So handsome

Tayden's open air crib

Brooklyn in her open air crib

Brooklyn's open air crib

Tayden without his canula

Today was a BIG day for both babies.  Stephanie called this morning to let us know that during rounds they made a few changes.  They removed Brooklyn's nasal canula and she is breathing all on her own!!!  She also told us that the doctor said they were ready to start trying to bottle feed twice a day.  When we got to the hospital we got to watch Stephanie give both babies a bath.  They seemed to really like it and Tim and I both learned a lot.  It was really strange to see them without all of the wires and monitors.  After each baby's bath, Stephanie tried feeding them from the bottle.  Both of them would suck a bit and then forget that they were supposed to keep breathing.  Brooklyn took 10 mL and Tayden took 3 mL.  He was worn out from his bath and was ready to sleep.  We left the hospital for dinner with Tim's parents and when we got back, Brooklyn had been moved to an open air crib.  They told us that Tayden would be moved tonight for sure, but we had no idea that she would be as well.  The other surprise waiting for us was that Tayden didn't have his canula.  He kept pushing it out so the nurse was trying to see how he would do without it.  So far, he is doing pretty well.  Tim was able to hold him for awhile and then we called it a night.  Please keep the twins in your prayers, specifically that their breathing independently will continue to go well and that they will start to get the hang of bottle feeding.