mummy and daddy say we are the most amazing little beans ever.
they say that each time they see us, wether its the morning after last night or just a couple of hours of mummy being back in her hospital room, we seem to have made massive progress each time.
Saturday was out first day out. mummy got to meet us in the afternoon as she was still very woozy after the epidural and the operation to get us here. it was lovely to see her and daddy and we recognise their voices, so we all know we belong together.
we are spending all our time in incubators to help keep us warm and as part of the process to make us nice and strong so we can go home.
Florence is on a little machine that puts good oxygen into her lungs, but she can breath it in and out on her own, Noah is able to just breath the good clean air thats in his incubator. both of us have feeding tubes for milk to go straight down into our tummies. mummy is going to express milk for us to have but for now we're supplemented with preemie baby forumla to help us grow, grow, grow! And we both have littel cannulas in our arms to help get extra fluids into our bodies.
we both have little stickers on our chests and tummies with wires to tell the nurses how we're doing.
On Sunday mummy and daddy came down to the nursery to see Florences Face! she doesn't have her oxygen mask on any more. mummy and daddy say that we are the most handsome and beautiful little Beans they ever did see. they thought it was just because we're their beans but even the nurses tell them how lovely we are, so it must be true.
mummy has started expressing milk for us, it's much nicer than the formula and hopefully it won't be long before we're only have milk from mummy's tanks as she puts it. that will make us big and strong!
must be working as Noah was moved to Nursery 1 today as he's getting so much better.
we met Auntie Amy and Auntie Sammy this afternoon, we thought we knew their voices, but couldn't really tell as it sounded like they were crying, maybe we'll recognise them a bit better when they're happier, although mummy says they were happy, how strange.
on Monday, we met grandma Booker and Auntie Vicky (daddys sister). it was a bit difficult as Noah is in Nursey 1 with his blue lights on as he has a little bit of baby jaundice and Florence is all the way still in Nursery 4 as she's much smaller and needs a bit more looking after but she did have her cannula removed as she is getting enough fluids from her feeds now and both of us are doing well. Auntie Vicky said she could stare at us all day and said we're like watching Bean TV! Florence got to have some lovely skin to skin cuddles with daddy this evening.
on Tuesday mummy had her weepy day. the midwife Katy, who delivered us, said it was the baby blues and she'd been expecting mummy to get it. she gave mummy some pain killers and a cup of tea, they had a nice chat for an hour or so before mummy went back to sleep
later on mummy and daddy had abit of a surprise, they went syraight down to Nursery 4 to drop off some milk for Florence only to find she wasn't there. She had caught up with Noah and was in Nursery 1 next to him, hooray!! they spent all day with us, it was so nice and we got to have skin to skin cuddles with mummy and daddy, thats our favuorite. we get to smell them and their skin keeps us nice and warm and snuggly. Daddy has to go careful if he has Florence in the mornings though, she's a little piggy and snuffles his chest for milk! she settles after a while and then pulls out his chest hairs whilst she's sleeping, mummy thinks it's hilarious and wonders if she'll pluck the whole lot!!
Wednesday was mummy's morning rest. she came down to see us before the nursery ward is closed for the big doctors rounds every wednesday. mummy helped to give Noah his milk in his feeding tube and worked out that if she stroked the side of his face, he stops frowing which makes him look much more handsome, his blood sugars are a bit high but the nurses are going to check him before every feed and see how he progresses. mummy changed Florences nappy as she was grumpy, she was a much happier Bean afterwards though. mummy promised us cuddles when she came back, and off she went to her room for some more sleepies and to relax for while.
in the afternoon Noah had another surprise for daddy, he was out of his incubator and in an open top bassinet, like a proper baby, mummy knew when she came in this morning but we decided to leave it as a suprise for daddy!! we had more cuddles with mummy and daddy when he came in after work. Noahs sugars are fine so he can stay on his feeds. we're both on 2 hourly feeds now, how good are we!!
mummy has to go home tonight, we don't really like that, neither does she, but we know she'll be back tomorrow.
On Thursday we had another all day mummy and daddy day, we love those. they had a surprise from Florence today, she's in an open bassinet too! mummy cried when she saw us both being so big and strong but daddy told us she was really, really happy and not at all sad, we think this is most strange.
Noah is on a heart rate monitor just to make sure he keeps it nice and level, it goes quite high when he has a poop, so they nurses need to keep an eye on it. and Florence is on a little apnia monitor for her breathing. she is a bit naughty like mummy and takes a few regular breaths in and out and then every now and then forgets to do another one properly, so the little alarm goes off as a reminder to make her breath again.
Grandma Warland and Auntie Nicki (mummy's sister) came to see us today, mummy kept having to tell them to shush as they were talking ever so loud.
mummy and daddy bought us new cardigans, this is us wearing them...
Friday Auntie Clare came to see us with mummy, she's bonkers and loves us ever so much. mummy stayed in with us and then daddy came by after work. we can't wait until we can go home with them and see Flashy cat and our house, daddy says hes going to get his friends round to help put lots of stuff in the loft as mummy can't lift anything more than us until her scar is healed in about 6 weeks. this is us wearing the hats from the outfits Aunti Clare bought for us.
Saturday and Sunday mummy and daddy both got to spend all day with us, we love it when it's all day time because we get lots of cuddles, none of us do much else but cuddle, it's great!
Saturday afternoon we were moved to the other side of nursery 1 to bays 14 and 15, it was all twins on Saturday, and a bit of a change around on Sunday.
On Sunday it was Fathers Day, we got daddy some cards from us and 2 different blends of his favourite whiskey. Florence was a very clever girl and breastfed for a whole ten minutes, she had so much that she didn't need all of her tube feed. Noah was a little bit more sleepy so will try tomorrow. mummy is making us enough milk so that we get to have 2 whole feeds just of mummy's, which is much nicer than the low birth weight formula we have to help us.
Noah got a bit upset in his bassinet on his own this morning so we are now in one together, it's much nicer and we're both much happier in here, although mummy and daddy said because we looked so cute they didn't want to disturb us and take us out for cuddles, Tanya the burse who has been looking after us today told them to just get on with it so they picked us up and cuddle time began, yay!
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| This is us on Fathers Day (Sunday) |
Write soon
lots of love
from
Noah and Florence
xx
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