Day 31: 1 month old!

Emma looking so cute & sporting the start of a double chin...I love it!

Adalyn looking all cute & cuddly...I wish I could snuggle up next to her.

I cannot believe the twinners are 1 month old already. We feel extremely blessed for how well things have gone the past month. It is truly a blessing from God! And what an amazing blessing Adalyn and Emma have been to us already in their short little lives so far. Both of the girls have been having more issues again with spitting up. Today they increased Adalyn's feedings to 23 mL every 3 hours. She was on the same concoction she was yesterday, until this evening when we decided to try her off the HMF to see if that would help with the spitting and bloated belly issues she has been struggling with off and on. This morning they added the HMF back into Emma's feedings and she has been struggling with the same issues as Adalyn off and on. So we also decided this evening to try Emma off the HMF for a few days to see if her symptoms improve. If they do she will need to be on a breast milk and formula combination like Adalyn in order to get her more calories. If it does not help the girls, they will likely try to add the HMF back in a couple days. Both girls weight 2 lbs 9 oz (1170 grams) tonight...you would think they are twins or something :)

Please pray hard with us that neither of the girls develop NEC. Some of the signs that they have been showing can be sings of NEC. However they also do not show many of the other classic NEC symptoms. Please pray that God continue to protect them from NEC and that He help them tolerate their feedings better and to not reflux as much. Please also continue to pray that the twins continue to do well with their breathing, that they grow and develop well, and that they have less alarms. Please join us in thanking God for a good first month for the twinners and pray the next month goes just a well if not better.