The babies are now almost six weeks old. Unbelievable! The are both weighing in at more than nine pounds. It's strange to think that some babies leave the hospital weighing that much, but I'd say it's pretty good considering Hannah and Noah weighed less than six pounds when they left the hospital.
Everyone is doing great! The babies had been pretty uncomfortable all along due to gas. We tried soy formula for a while without much improvement. We recently switched to the Nestle Good Starts with Comfort Proteins. The difference has been night and day. Previously, the babies seemed to fuss most of the time they were awake. They were either eating, sleeping, or fussing. Now, however, when they are awake they are just as content as can be. There is still the occassional gas, but I think that is to be expected. I'm just glad we finally found something to help them be more comfortable. It's so frustrating knowing that they are having a hard time and I can't do anything to help. I guess I'm going to have to get used to that.
We are going through about 16 bottles a day! We make up a day's worth in advance. Since there's so many we make the formula in bulk in a Pampered Chef pitcher (the one that mixes when you lift the handle up and down) and then we fill the bottles from there. We go through a can of formula powder in about two and a half days. The diapers are flowing too, but I haven't paid much attention to how many of those we are going through. I prefer to think about diapers as little as possible!
Tomorrow will be a historic day in the babies' lives. They will begin sleeping in separate cribs for the first time. They are finally getting to the point where they are starting to wake each other up with crying and flailing about. I will miss walking into the nursery and looking into the crib only to see four little arms waving frantically. It's quite a sight!
Hannah and Noah will be attending church for the first time this Sunday. My mom has been nice enough to agree to come to church with Elizabeth to help take care of the babies. This will be most helpful! Somebody will need to fend off the hordes. :) Just kidding, we know everyone is excited to see them.
Well, I can't think of much else to say right now. I will show you some pictures below. Enjoy!
This first picture is of Noah. He makes this face all the time. To make it even funnier, he normally shifts his eye back and forth from side-to-side while he's doing it.
The next two pictures were taken during our "photo shoot" we did with the babies. In the first picture they are wrapped in the blankets that my grandma made for them. The final picture is my favorite of all time. Aren't they precious?
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