A very popular topic in our household these days is weight. I like to talk about how delivering twins is the best diet ever! Losing 20 pounds in 5 days...who'd a thunk? Now breastfeeding is also holding up as a great diet plan as well. We all like to talk about Addison and Lily and how much weight they are gaining.
So today we found out. Addison and Lily are 12 days old. The doctors like to see babies regain to their birth weight by the time they are 2 weeks old. We saw the pediatrician today and found out that Addison currently weighs 5 lbs 9 oz...5 oz more than her birth weight. Lily weighs 6 lbs 4 oz...4 oz less than her birth weight. So we still have a few days to go for Lily to gain back to her birth weight. Also an interesting stat is that Addison has gained 11 oz in the past week...Lily has gained 6 oz. From what we've read babies should gain 4-7 oz per week during this period, so Lily is doing just fine.
It still amazes us that Addison who survived on minimal volume of colostrum for days and has only been breastfed (except for a small amount of formula to prevent dehydration when she was 4 days old) lost less weight and how she has regained quicker than Lily who was whisked off to the special Children's Hospital where she was fed formula on a regular schedule and monitored closely for intake. I think this speaks volumes to the advantage of keeping infants with their mothers!
We continue to monitor Lily's intake and "output" very closely. Mike, Gram and I measure her feedings in milliliters and document poops and pees. We were doing the same for Addison until today when we decided any baby who gains so much in one week probably is doing just fine. Mike and I set up an Excel spreadsheet with Lily's feedings so we could get daily totals and compare them to the recommended amounts. (Uncle Jon Kaplan would be so proud!) This afternoon we discussed what kind of charts we should be generating. A little over the top?
One conclusion from the results of the girls' weigh in today was that Lily needs to continue to get breast milk and preferable more of it. The pediatrician agreed as did Pop. Easy for them to say!
So tomorrow we'll get more pictures out here. You can check out Addison and Lily's picture at the O'Bleness Hospital website: http://www.obleness.org/obaby/baby.asp?cid=2192&lid=m
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Very impressive on the weight gain. Glad that the men could chime in on the breastfeeding. Just keep at it - great excuse to eat lots! The girls are both precious, can't wait to see them in person.
Oh, I am SO proud. Can I see that xls, please? Ok, no I don't need to.
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