Last Friday we had the Twins 2 week Well Check with Dr. Mumford. So far so good! Here are the stats:
Birth Weight
Elizabeth 5 lbs 6 oz 18" 
Emily 5 lbs 14 oz 18"
Weight Check 8/31
4 lbs 13 oz
5 lbs 3 oz
Well Check 9/11
5 lbs 6 oz !!!
6lbs!!!!
Length
19 1/4
19 3/4
We were so glad to see they had gained enough weight to keep the Dr happy. Elizabeth's face is getting more filled out and it makes me feel a lot better. We're just trying to keep her that way at this point. She is our most difficult eater, she takes about an hour to fully feed and will only take a certain bottle. She nurses pretty ok. Emily does great at feeding, but unfortunately we found out she has acid reflux. This is common in preemies. I was explaining some of the things she did at night when we would lay her down. He said, "Well if she does this, this and this, then we'll give her medicine. I said "check, check and check." He just laughed and gave us the prescription. No sense in waiting, he said. Since it takes 3-4 days for the medicine to work, we're glad he didn't make us wait.
We are doing ok, more sleep would be good but there's not much we can do about it! They really do sleep well, they just take turns having bad nights. If they could just have a good night at the same time, THAT would be awesome.
Here are some traits about each one of them:
Elizabeth Grace
Elizabeth is a family name on both sides. Grace is my Father's mother's name. She passed away before he met my mom, so I've never known her. We couldn't decide if we should name her Elizabeth Grace, or Grace Elizabeth, but when we saw her we knew! We intended to call her Ellie, but so far she's still Elizabeth! That might change who knows?
She is so calm and when you pick her up she lays her head on your shoulder in a way that just melts your heart. She's smaller even though she's older so we worry about her, but she's seems so strong and steady. She's still sleeping most of the time, so when she's awake, we get excited. She
definitely keeps her cool better than her sister.
Emily Mae
I am a sixth generation Emily through my mother's side. My middle name is Emily but my grandmother wanted it to be my first name. So I promised my Grandma that I would name my Emily as her first name. She still comments every time I see her, that she wished her parents had called her Emily instead of her middle name, Lois. Mae is a family name on both mine and Jesse's family.
Emily is a spunky one. She goes from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds flat. But she can be easier to calm (when it's not acid reflux) and loves snuggling up to you when you hold her. She has more periods of wakefulness than her sister, probably because she is bigger and not still in her "preemie coma" She hangs out for long periods of time just looking around and figuring everything out. She's
definitely a thinker.
