One Month Old!

Logan and Paige were one month old this past Friday!! Where has the time gone? To say that this last month has been a rollercoaster would be an understatement. The important thing, though, is that we have our two precious miracle babies and we just love them to pieces! We've gotten into a pretty good schedule. They're eating about 3-4 oz every 4 hours. I nurse each of them at least once a day, I pump for bottles and we supplement with formula. This is what works best for us right now and the babies are gaining weight like champs. So, I'm pleased with my breastfeeding at the moment. Would I love to exclusively breastfeed both babies? Of course! It's MUCH cheaper and it's the most natural food for them. But, that is just not realistic for us. They're both happy, healthy and Chris and I have our sanity...for the most part. :-) These are the things that are important.

Friday night we stopped waking them to eat in the middle of the night. Our pediatrician had suggested that we start now in hopes that we'll have them sleeping through the night soon. Won't that be awesome! They've done pretty well with it so far I think. We feed them around 9:30 and then put them down for the night between 10:00-10:30, depending on how long it takes for them to eat and get their diapers changed. So far they've gone 5 straight hours between feedings. That means we have one feeding around 2:30 in the morning and then they wake again around 6:30ish to eat again. After this feeding we start our schedule for the day which means that they eat every four hours at that point. Hopefully we'll be able to drop the middle of the night feeding soon. We're not going to deny them that feeding right now, though, if they wake up hungry. They're only a month old and are still little (even though they weigh over 6 and 7 lbs now!). Logan weighed 6 lbs 4 oz at the doctor on Friday and we're guessing that Paige has to be over 7 lbs now. Woohoo!

As for Mr. Logan, we had the follow up appointment with the cardiomyopathy specialist on Friday. They took blood to run genetic testing on him. She wants to rule out something called Barth's Syndrome. This is a very scary disease, but thankfully she and the pediatrician both feel that this is NOT what he has. She just has to rule it out. However, she is pretty certain that he does have left ventricular non-compaction. Thankfully his heart function is completely normal right now. He will need to be monitored closely, though, to make sure that it stays this way and that his heart function doesn't start to deteriorate. The severity of this condition varies greatly. Some people go their whole lives not ever being affected by it and others have severe cases and end up needing heart transplants. The positive thing is that Logan's heart function is normal and we're just praying that God heals his little heart and keeps his function normal. There is medicine that can be given if the heart does start to deteriorate, but we're going to think positively and believe that he won't ever need any sort of intervention.

So, that pretty much sums up what's going on around here. Below are their one month pictures and pictures from bath time. Enjoy!

Logan in his froggy towel

Paige in her ducky towel