The Pair of Scates: 70 Days in the NICU: "Little Stinkers" Plus Sunday Night Social

"Little stinkers, " says Dr. Kienstra today during our phone update. The girls look good and are active, but just still haven't gotten over the feeding plus occasional episode hump. Abby had an episode this morning, but her previous one was last Tuesday. So the bad news is we've got to start her five day countdown again, but the good news (so to speak) is she still has five days to go on her antibiotic anyway. At this point, still not ready to even worry about a countdown with Hazel.

Before heading up to the NICU, we took Matt's mom by the Diffen's to see their new house and so she could hold Darcy for awhile. Both Matt's mom and Darcy seemed to love it. :)

The (first) NICU visit today was relatively uneventful. We held the girls, Nina took some pictures, and then she had to head back home to Dallas. Turns out, though, they were the breastmilk supply was getting really low - not even enough to make it through all of the night feedings. So after they kicked us out at 6:30, Matt and I ate dinner at Kerbey Lane (thank you Kevin & family!), went home, filled a cooler full of milk, and headed back up to the NICU.

So here's the funny thing: while we were in the NICU during the day, there were no other visitors (save the mom and dad of the remaining Lopez twin, who only came for discharge purposes). Tonight when we visited, Jennifer was there, Mia's parents showed up, Sara's dad showed up, and Imogen's parents were there too. Who'd have thought 11:00 pm at night is the NICU social hour?

PS: We were there when the NICU nurse weighed Hazel ... she is officially SIX pounds!!!! It was getting pretty late, so we didn't stay for Abby's weigh-in - I'll find that out tomorrow.

PS2: Happy Eliza Doolittle Day!