Monday, May 10, 2010
Tummy Time
Here is some recent footage we got of the twins - it's called Tummy Time, though in this video they're on their backs... we should have more to post soon.
'Letter People' Performance
JJ had his kindergarten Letter People Performance on Tuesday morning. JJ was one of the letter 'B's. The kids all did a nice job, and some of the costumes were very creative. As a B, JJ insisted that he show up as Batman, even though the only costume we had was a pair of pajamas that he outgrew a year ago. The performance is up on YouTube (below). Forgive the shaky camera - it's hard to hold the camcorder that still for so long.
Friday, April 09, 2010
One Month Checkup
We had our one month checkup today, and the babies are doing great. Their current stats are:
Luke
Weight: 9lbs. 1oz., 25%
Height/Length: 21 3/4", 55%
Head Circumference: 14 1/4", 10%
Lauren
Luke
Weight: 9lbs. 1oz., 25%
Height/Length: 21 3/4", 55%
Head Circumference: 14 1/4", 10%
Lauren
Weight: 8lbs. 7oz., 25%
Height/Length: 21 1/4", 50%
Head Circumference: 14 1/4", 25%
Also, our friend Jennifer has just posted the proofs from our photo session a few weeks ago to the client section of her website. If you are interested in seeing her amazing photos, please visit http://www.winter-photography.com/, click the "CLIENTS" tab at the top, and enter the password, bainfamily10.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
A couple of videos
We have some videos we took recently and posted them to YouTube. You can check them out below:
More to come...
More to come...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Jen's Fabulous Photos!
Many of you know that my best friend Jennifer is a children's and family photographer who lives in Seattle, Washington. We feel very special that she flew in town to meet and photograph the twins! Below is a link to Jennifer's studio journal/blog - with just a few of the pictures she took on Friday. When Jen has finished going through all the photos, we will send a link to her website with a password to view all the finished photos. We love Jennifer's photographic style and can't wait to see all the pictures in the coming days!!! (Missy)
Jennifer Winter Studio Journal
Jennifer Winter Studio Journal
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
A Slew of Updates
Sorry for the lack of posts lately – as you can imagine, we’ve been busy!
Since our last post, things have gone really quite well. We’ve discovered that the twins seem to be transitioning away from their preemie selves into newborns. We can tell this because they have fallen out of the habit of sleeping 24-7 and have started to fuss a bit more and tend to be awake at night instead of during the day. Luke tends to fuss in short bursts all throughout the day, while Lauren is perfectly quiet, then will have one loud, long outburst to compensate.
We have had two pediatric appointments within the last few weeks, and the babies are progressing nicely. They’ve each gained a pound between the two visits: Lauren currently weighs 6lbs., 12oz., and Luke is hitting 6lbs., 10oz. Their color has become much better, and the slight jaundice they had initially has all but disappeared, thanks to some sun exposure and vitamin D. Lauren has taken to feedings extremely well, and while Luke hasn’t had any trouble eating, he definitely is showing signs of indigestion/reflux. We’re keeping tabs on him and making some slight changes to see how he reacts – we don’t want another case of severe reflux like JJ had at that age.
The nurse practitioner that we’ve been seeing up to this point has recommended that we can now break our feeding schedule of every three hours in favor of simply letting the twins wake us up at night. This can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. If the babies are satisfied, then they’ll sleep longer, and we’ll get up less – but if they’re hungry, as they were last night, then they will wake up frequently for a period before ‘corking off.’ We’ll see how this progresses – hopefully we can get the babies to last a bit longer instead of having frequent cluster feedings.
Thus far, Missy has calculated that we are going through 112 bottles, 140 diapers, 200 wipes, and 3 cans of formula every week. Thank God for Costco. Barney quipped that he would “sure hate to be our trash man.”
We’ve found a great product that we’ve fallen in love with. It’s the Fisher-Price Newborn Rock & Play Sleeper. We picked up two of these, and they’re fantastic. They’re lightweight and easy to carry around and position in different rooms of the house, and they recline the baby at the perfect angle to help them stay upright after a feeding. The twins seem to be much more comfortable in these bassinets than they do in their cribs for the time being, so we’ve taken to using them quite a bit, and they’ve been sleeping in these at night.
Missy is doing fairly well health-wise. She has been healing quickly, and had her post surgery follow-up yesterday with the OB. She is now allowed to drive on her own (after 6 weeks of not being allowed), go up and down the stairs as she pleases, and can take some short walks (which we’ve already done now that the weather is so nice). The doctor commented that it was really nice to be able to care for Missy for the complete duration of pregnancy, from the first surprise of finding out we were having twins, all the way to bringing them in for a visit.
Today is Missy’s follow-up Hematology appointment with a new doctor. Her last Hematologist left a little to be desired, but we’re already encouraged by the positive response we’ve received from the new doctor’s staff and their willingness to answer our questions. We’re really hoping that things turn out well on this front.
Thank you so much to all of our family and friends for the love and support you’ve shown and continue to show us. Things have certainly been challenging, as we’ve expected, but the meals, words of encouragement, and offers for help have really strengthened us and allowed us to keep forging ahead.
Since our last post, things have gone really quite well. We’ve discovered that the twins seem to be transitioning away from their preemie selves into newborns. We can tell this because they have fallen out of the habit of sleeping 24-7 and have started to fuss a bit more and tend to be awake at night instead of during the day. Luke tends to fuss in short bursts all throughout the day, while Lauren is perfectly quiet, then will have one loud, long outburst to compensate.
We have had two pediatric appointments within the last few weeks, and the babies are progressing nicely. They’ve each gained a pound between the two visits: Lauren currently weighs 6lbs., 12oz., and Luke is hitting 6lbs., 10oz. Their color has become much better, and the slight jaundice they had initially has all but disappeared, thanks to some sun exposure and vitamin D. Lauren has taken to feedings extremely well, and while Luke hasn’t had any trouble eating, he definitely is showing signs of indigestion/reflux. We’re keeping tabs on him and making some slight changes to see how he reacts – we don’t want another case of severe reflux like JJ had at that age.
The nurse practitioner that we’ve been seeing up to this point has recommended that we can now break our feeding schedule of every three hours in favor of simply letting the twins wake us up at night. This can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. If the babies are satisfied, then they’ll sleep longer, and we’ll get up less – but if they’re hungry, as they were last night, then they will wake up frequently for a period before ‘corking off.’ We’ll see how this progresses – hopefully we can get the babies to last a bit longer instead of having frequent cluster feedings.
Thus far, Missy has calculated that we are going through 112 bottles, 140 diapers, 200 wipes, and 3 cans of formula every week. Thank God for Costco. Barney quipped that he would “sure hate to be our trash man.”
Missy is doing fairly well health-wise. She has been healing quickly, and had her post surgery follow-up yesterday with the OB. She is now allowed to drive on her own (after 6 weeks of not being allowed), go up and down the stairs as she pleases, and can take some short walks (which we’ve already done now that the weather is so nice). The doctor commented that it was really nice to be able to care for Missy for the complete duration of pregnancy, from the first surprise of finding out we were having twins, all the way to bringing them in for a visit.
Today is Missy’s follow-up Hematology appointment with a new doctor. Her last Hematologist left a little to be desired, but we’re already encouraged by the positive response we’ve received from the new doctor’s staff and their willingness to answer our questions. We’re really hoping that things turn out well on this front.
Thank you so much to all of our family and friends for the love and support you’ve shown and continue to show us. Things have certainly been challenging, as we’ve expected, but the meals, words of encouragement, and offers for help have really strengthened us and allowed us to keep forging ahead.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
At Home with Luke and Lauren
Quick Video of Luke & Lauren
Our first few days at home with Luke and Lauren have been better than expected. Because the twins are preemies they seem to mostly sleep from feeding to feeding. Luke tends to wake about a half hour before feeding time. When it is feeding time, Luke's fussiness (from getting a diaper change and being hungry) usually rouses his sister. Luke's fussiness is short lived, but you can count on it before almost every feeding. Lauren is rarely fussy, but when she is, it takes a longer time to soothe her. Luke is the Houdini of diapers - wiggling out of them if ever in a gown or pants. Lauren is the princess of very muddy diapers - you have got to watch out for her or she will get you during the diaper change! The twins are rarely awake at the same time, but Matthew was able to get this great video of them today (I was on my first trip out in weeks, Target was calling my name). In the video you will notice Lauren's adorable hiccups - which she consistently had in utero. You will also notice Luke all stretched out - also as he was in utero. Luke and Lauren seem to be more and more aware of each other every day! Its been a great few days at home!!!
Our first few days at home with Luke and Lauren have been better than expected. Because the twins are preemies they seem to mostly sleep from feeding to feeding. Luke tends to wake about a half hour before feeding time. When it is feeding time, Luke's fussiness (from getting a diaper change and being hungry) usually rouses his sister. Luke's fussiness is short lived, but you can count on it before almost every feeding. Lauren is rarely fussy, but when she is, it takes a longer time to soothe her. Luke is the Houdini of diapers - wiggling out of them if ever in a gown or pants. Lauren is the princess of very muddy diapers - you have got to watch out for her or she will get you during the diaper change! The twins are rarely awake at the same time, but Matthew was able to get this great video of them today (I was on my first trip out in weeks, Target was calling my name). In the video you will notice Lauren's adorable hiccups - which she consistently had in utero. You will also notice Luke all stretched out - also as he was in utero. Luke and Lauren seem to be more and more aware of each other every day! Its been a great few days at home!!!
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