Twins - Day 20

Well, we are on the right track!!  The girls are doing wonderful and both have moved into "big girl" beds!!  Both girls are able to control their body temperature on their own and have moved from the isoletts to cribs.  This is one of the four things the girls have to accomplish before being able to come home.  So, this was very excited news for us.  Following is an update on the rest of their stats:
Bilirubin:  Both girls' jaundice has been classified as a breast milk jaundice.  But, the bilirubin levels in both girls have begun to drop.  So, they are no longer concerned about those levels and will not be checking them anymore unless another problem seems to arrise. 
Weights:  The girls are growing like crazy!  Brooklyn is 4 pounds 10 ounces and Brienna is 4 pounds 5 ounces.  We looked at pictures from about a week and half ago and we can see them filling out already! 
Bottling:  Over the past couple of days we have had some struggles with bottling.  The girls have been dropping their heartrates during bottling occasionally and so the doctors are not bumping up their feedings.  Brooklyn is currently recieving 15cc 4 times a day by bottle and Brienna is recieving 20cc 4 times a day by bottle.  Brooklyn did very well today and hopefully will be bumped up to 20cc tomorrow.  Both girls have been put on preemie nipple to help them pace themselves while eating.

Since the girls are in cribs we are now able to dress them in sleepers (my favorite part!).  So, we took some pictures today of them together.  Thought I would share them:

I hope that everyone has a wonderful week.  We are hoping the snow storm is not to bad so that we can make it to Sioux Falls tomorrow!!  Take care!

Kelly