Bananas

For full term pregnancies there are books, websites, friends that give advice on what you should do when and lots of info on how the baby is coming along. The last update I remember from Aly was when the boys were the size of a banana. We had made a plan for November. We were going to get the room ready, buy a pushchair (stroller) and a new car and choose the best car seat. Instead, Aly went on hospital bed rest and then gave birth. 

Things are going really well at the moment and, all of a sudden, we are realising that we are not very well prepared for what is coming next. The boys are coming home. "Next" is no longer another worrying surgery or procedure. It really does feel like a dream coming true (with all the associated superstition about jinxing it). Thankfully, the online retail industry is happy to save the day. Aly is managing to simultaneously cuddle a boy at the hospital while buying his mattress. We will be fine. It is a little scary but mostly totally fantastic. We are practically buying a new car from Amazon. 

Henry came off the ventilator today and went to unassisted room air breathing. He is borderline but, at the time of writing, he is coping. If he looks like he is struggling for oxygen, they will give him help. Being on a ventilator as long as he was has given him lung disease. We know this, it is a matter of finding out how bad it is. 

Henry also needs to poop. As of today, we are on poop watch on Henry. I had set Monday as my day when I was going to start to worry about that. 

Charlie, again, had a day of doing as we hoped. The plan with him is a slow transition to full feeds and it is going well. Today he also "latched on" and did some breast feeding. 

It was a busy day for Charlie because he also passed his hearing test. However, he slept through his audition for shepherd 3 in the nativity play.

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