One month old

Carter and Anderson are celebrating their 1 month birthday and Father's day today.  They are both still growing, weighing in at 2lbs 9oz for Carter and 3lbs 13 oz for Anderson.  The nurse today told us that while they are pleased with Carter's growth, they believe his growth rate will increase even more once he gets his respiratory issues under control and is breathing normally all on his own.  She said it is typical with IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction) babies that they grow slowly at first and then turn a corner and grow pretty fast.  So we are celebrating his small growth milestones and looking forward to him growing even faster.  

The feedings are going well.  Carter has not really ingested any measurable portion of the milk from either the breast feeding or the bottle, but they do not expect for him to be able to at this point.  Anderson drinks about 3ml from the bottle which is more than the nurses expected him to do at this point.  They are both doing a great job at rooting and the nurses think it was the right decision to start them on feeding this early.  

Carter is breathing well in every position but on his back, so he will keep the cannula in for awhile longer.  He is still quite small, so the nurses think he just needs to gain a little more weight and muscle and he should be able to control his respiration much better.  

As Carter's face begins to fill out more (Ty still calls him Skeletor), he looks a little bit more like Anderson. The nurse today thought they looked very similar.  We will have to wait and see once they are a similar weight.