Today was a big day for Wes. He had his check up with his pediatrician - Dr. Betsy Stephenson. He is now 21.5" long (he has grown 2 inches in just over 3 weeks!!) and his weight is 6 lbs 11 oz's (which is 8 oz's more than when he left the NICU last Wednesday). She is ecstatic with his growth!! He is actually off the preemie charts for Height and in the middle for weight so she is going to track him on the normal charts. His height is still in the 72nd percentile for term babies and his weight is near the bottom of the chart - Not bad for a gestational age of 37 weeks exactly today!! We are to track milestones by their gestational or adjusted age (based on their actual due date and not the date they were born). At about 2 years they should be on the same chart as everyone else.
Shea is up to 4 lbs 7.6 oz's (so almost 4 and 1/2 lbs!!). She is still on a pathway of 4 oral feedings so hopefully we can progress from their this week. All we are waiting on is for her to get her eating down so we can take her home :)
I actually had the opportunity to see Shea without her feeding tube last night (as she had pulled it out after one of her feedings). I fed her 8 p.m. feeding without it being in. It makes such a difference. I think Wes and her look alike and have some of the same manerisms. I can't wait to get her home and have them side by side!!
We saw Dr. Hamill today at lunch and introduced him to Wes. He stopped in earlier this week to see Shea. :)
Pics of Shea as she hasn't had any new pics on here in awhile. She is feeling out nicely :)
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