Tobin took his first big bottle today, he's drinking 160 ML (a little over 5 oz). Hudson and Skyler are drinking 130-140 ML, they're catching up to Tobin. Their morning feed is when they're most hungriest!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
kids 2 months pedi appt (10.28.08)
Kids got their 2 months checkup and vaccinations. It went fairly well...until the shots came. Hudson was first, then Tobin, then Skyler. They all cried, but were calmed down with mommy and daddy's warm touch and hugs.
Hudson 8 lbs 2 oz/ 20-1/2"
Tobin 9 lbs 9 oz/ 20-1/2"
Skyler 9 lbs 6 oz/ 21-1/4"
Hudson 8 lbs 2 oz/ 20-1/2"
Tobin 9 lbs 9 oz/ 20-1/2"
Skyler 9 lbs 6 oz/ 21-1/4"
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday 10.05.08
that's Tobin sleeping, Skyler kinda smiling, and Hudson enjoying the swing. My sis, Marie gave us those burp cloths, aren't they cute?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
new mommy van (10.21.08)
My boss called last week and I'm officially on a leave of absence. That means I had to return the Ford Explorer since I wasn't exactly sure when I would return to work. This weekend, Dan spent Saturday with his parents looking at.....minivan. Yes, it's come to this point, I've given in and realized it's the only way to go. After hurricane Ike, we needed a vehicle that would fit all of us including the furries. The 8 passenger Toyota Sienna was delivered this morning. It's silver w/gray leather interiors. That's my mommy ride!
Babies went to 4 hour schedule at night (10.18.08)
The babies have reached their 8 weeks mark and we asked our nanny if they're waking up on their own or if she's waking them up for their feeds. She said most of the time, she's waking them up. Our babies are letting us know that they can sleep longer now so we decided to make the switch. We're letting them sleep longer, so we've changed the 12 am, 3 am, and 6 am feeding to 1 am and 5 am only. So far so good! And they're eating more too, Hudson and Skyler are eating 90ml/ 3 oz and Tobin is up to 100- 120 ml (almost 4 oz) at night. We're so proud of our growing babies!
Kids schedule
Since they left the NICU, babies are on a 3 hour feed schedule as set by the NICU nurses. They feed at: 9 am
12 pm
3 pm
6 pm
9 pm
12 am
3 am
6 am
I do the first 3 by myself. It takes me about 1- 1 1/2 hour to feed, diaper, and play with all three. They love the bouncy chair and the Einstein play mat. Sometimes I feed each one by themselves, sometimes 2 or 3 at the same time. The bobby pillow is a life saver! You ask who do I fed first...that's easy....whoever is awake and cries when feeding time begins, that's who and how the feeding gets done. Then I pump afterwards for the next feeding. I found out that I need to pump immediately after they've started napping if I want to get about 20 minutes of uninterrupted time. I also BF during the day if someone wakes up early or usually on the weekend when Dan's here. I usually eat, check emails, pay bills (computer stuff) while I pump. If I'm lucky and everyone sleeps I actually have 45 minutes before I do this all again. I'll also do some light housework, laundry, dishes, and cook IF I have the time. Yea, the cooking part, we actually are cooking now...it's nothing fancy just whatever is easy and doesn't have lots of ingredients. Dan helps out with the 6 and 9 pm when he gets home. He gets home about 5 and walks the dogs first, it's the rountine they've been so used to and we don't want to neglect them furries. Unless he comes home to screaming kids, he'll help me calm them down and start feeding early and luckily that has not happened that often. Our night nanny, Alejandra, comes between 10-11pm and handles the last three shifts. Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings she leaves at 7:30 for another job and the rest of the time she leaves at 8:30. Without her, we would not be able to sleep and I couldn't function during the day. So if you call during the feeding times, I don't usually pick up the phone.
12 pm
3 pm
6 pm
9 pm
12 am
3 am
6 am
I do the first 3 by myself. It takes me about 1- 1 1/2 hour to feed, diaper, and play with all three. They love the bouncy chair and the Einstein play mat. Sometimes I feed each one by themselves, sometimes 2 or 3 at the same time. The bobby pillow is a life saver! You ask who do I fed first...that's easy....whoever is awake and cries when feeding time begins, that's who and how the feeding gets done. Then I pump afterwards for the next feeding. I found out that I need to pump immediately after they've started napping if I want to get about 20 minutes of uninterrupted time. I also BF during the day if someone wakes up early or usually on the weekend when Dan's here. I usually eat, check emails, pay bills (computer stuff) while I pump. If I'm lucky and everyone sleeps I actually have 45 minutes before I do this all again. I'll also do some light housework, laundry, dishes, and cook IF I have the time. Yea, the cooking part, we actually are cooking now...it's nothing fancy just whatever is easy and doesn't have lots of ingredients. Dan helps out with the 6 and 9 pm when he gets home. He gets home about 5 and walks the dogs first, it's the rountine they've been so used to and we don't want to neglect them furries. Unless he comes home to screaming kids, he'll help me calm them down and start feeding early and luckily that has not happened that often. Our night nanny, Alejandra, comes between 10-11pm and handles the last three shifts. Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings she leaves at 7:30 for another job and the rest of the time she leaves at 8:30. Without her, we would not be able to sleep and I couldn't function during the day. So if you call during the feeding times, I don't usually pick up the phone.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Anna's Birthday with the babies (9.26.08)
Dan's family came over to celebrate my birthday about 5ish. They brought pizza, Chinese food, cake and Baskin Robbins ice cream. I'm very glad and fortunate all of the babies were home and I didn't have to spend any time in NICU on my birthday. Another good thing was I'm wearing a regular pair of pants, not maternity. :-) :-) :-)
Life with triplets at Brad's condo (9.13.08-9.24.08)
Brad's condo was great that it had running water, power and a warm place to stay. Bad part is we slept on air mattresses, it wasn't bad for the first few nights, but after a while we really missed our home. After the babies delivery, my joints in the knees, legs, and wrists were really weak and still are (it's getting better), so it was really tough to get onto and out of the air mattress. Dan would literally pull me up every morning. Babies all slept together in the play pen and it was fine but they would sometimes wake each other up by. Dan would come to our home almost everyday to pick up more supplies. We picked up Alejandra (the night nanny) on Sunday night but that was the last of it since we were low on gas. We left her a message on her cell phone. Julie (Dan's sis) and my mom did the night shift on Sunday, 9/14. Babies are on a 3 hour feed schedule so they did the midnight, 3 am and 6 am shifts. My mom had power on Monday so I told her to go back home. Julie did the night shifts Monday -Thursday with the help of her friend Ellen. That saved us from being wiped out. Friday rolled around and Dan was able to find gas so he went to Alejandra's house in the day time and left a note for her to call us. We picked her up that night. This continued until we came home next Wed, 9/24. It was the wierdest thing not having power. Family came to visit, some to shower, eat, etc. since they were also w/o power.
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