NICU - Day 18

• Just got off the phone with our nurse practitioner. Evan's latest x-ray is showing improvement! They will of course continue the anti-biotics and not let him eat until around day 10. Evan still has the same temperament. The nurses are amazed, they said they think he doesn't know he's sick because he's still as fiesty as ever! He is getting quite angry that they won't feed him. I am so grateful he's improving and I can't wait until this is all over, it's hard to see him so upset.
• Because of Evan's latest predicament I had the nurses switch all the babies from the Similac formula they've been receiving to Enfamil. Our first daughter had a slight intolerance to Similac. After Evan's scare I just want to be safe.
• Mason and Madison seem to be doing really well. The nurses placed their feeding tubes lower so they haven't been spitting up as frequently.
• Madison is on stage two of the feeding protocol like I mentioned in our earlier post. So she now gets two bottles per twelve hour shift. She still chugs her bottles in 5 minutes or less but funny enough she still just likes having one bottle per shift, she's usually too tired to try the second. Looks like we might be stuck in stage two for a little while.
• All three babies are getting more personality. I thought they were all laid back and wouldn't cry much. This is not the case. They all have very loud voices and are just now learning to use them. Looks like our house will be a loud one when they're all home.