The Howlands: First matching outfits

Well, there really isn’t much to report today on the twins. They both are just plugging away and really haven’t had any major changes since yesterday. Dr. B (I can’t even pronounce his last name let alone attempt to spell it) came in today and said, “Well, I have nothing to say on Braylon. He is just doing great.” He decided to continue Kaden on the alternating of the c-pap and cannula every four hours just to make sure he is getting enough rest. He also started him on some gas drops to help with his tummy, finally! I have been requesting this for several days but no one seemed to give it much thought and today when I finally decided it wasn’t worth asking again, they decided to do it. He has been tolerating his cannula and only has to have his oxygen turned up towards the end of his 4 hours. It sounds like he may be able to stay on the high-flow cannula alone in a couple more days. This would make him very happy. We will keep our fingers crossed.
The boys were able to wear their first matching outfits today. It was Kaden’s first time for wearing clothes. He didn’t really care for the putting the clothes on part but didn’t seem to mind once they were on. I figured I better start putting some of our clothes on them before they out grow them. The nurses really wanted to get a picture with them together in their matching outfits but there really wasn’t any way to pull it off.
When I arrived for their 8pm care times I had a little scare. I walked into their room and there was a bunch of nurses and respiratory therapist standing in there. My heart sunk and I must have had a look of terror on my face because immediately the nurse began to apologize. I had thought something terrible had happened but apparently Kaden was throwing a huge fit over a messy diaper and so they started his cares a little early and everyone had come from the room next door to admire him. The nurse said that Kaden was livid over his messy diaper and so she changed him just in time for him to mess another one. After that he was happy.
The boys have seemed to have won over the hearts of most of the staff and the nurses have been putting in requests for the Howland Boys for their assignments. One nurse told me that the boys have to have separate nurses now because they are such good babies and that it would be too easy of an assignment for one nurse to have both boys, so they have to have one of the twins and one harder baby.
Braylon finally past his birth weight, he weighed 3lbs 7oz tonight. Kaden lost a ½oz tonight. The nurse thinks that it was all the mess he had in his pants this evening. He weighed 2lbs 14 ½ oz. Once the boys make it to 4lbs they can upgrade to a crib. The nurse thinks that Braylon will be in a crib in the next couple of weeks and once Kaden’s tummy issues are under control he will start packing on the ounces and won’t be too far behind his brother. Once Kaden is on a cannula for good and is up to 4lbs the boys can start co-bedding. I am so excited. I am curious to see what they will do when they are back next to each other again. The nurses and the doctors say that they are very pro co-bedding at Sacred Heart.
We just keeping praying that the boys continue to progress, although I have only been up here a little over two weeks it feels like much longer. I am anxious to be back home with our boys and with Bryan where we can really feel like a little family.

Braylon in his matching outfit