So, what's the latest on the Bodger clan? Well...
Phoebe continues to do well at home. She now weighs 5 Lb 1 Oz and is feeding well. She's pretty sick after most feeds, but the SKBU nurse tells us this is quite normal for premature babies as the muscles in the stomach haven't yet formed properly. Someone needs to adjust her body clock, as she's pretty good during the day, but at night she's awake most of the time. She's got a bit of colic just like her brothers had, but as the sun comes up so Phoebe starts to settle down! I'm not complaining though as I'm just grateful to have her home with us - even if I do look pretty wrecked most of the time!
Lydia now weighs 3 Lb 12 Oz, which was Phoebe's birth weight, so it gives you a good idea just how far behind she is, given she's already over 6 weeks old! She was moved out of her incubator yesterday into a cot, so that's another big step. She's had two sets of swabs back clear of MRSA, which again is excellent news. She just needs one more clear set of results to be moved back into the High Dependency ward (she's currently in an isolation ward, bless her)! The cardiologist saw her again yesterday morning and was pleased with progress on the weight front. They will hopefully be contacting the surgical team in Bristol next Wed to arrange the heart operation. She still has a hole in her heart, but they will be scanning her later this week to see how that is doing. They have increased her feeds again to try and bulk her up, so she's now on 40mL of Helen's milk every 3 hours (which probably doesn't sound much to you, but for someone as small as Lydia that's a massive amount, believe me)!!
Sam loves having his sister Phoebe at home and loves telling her what he's been doing at school. He has his first school "class assembly" coming up next week, which he's really excited about. He still loves anything associated with numbers, and is starting to enjoy telling us jokes (most of which he has pinched from his Uncle John, and are pretty poor I can tell you)!
Daniel was excited to get his very own school T-shirt yesterday in preparation for him starting in Big School in Sept! His 4th Birthday is on Sunday, so he is having a party with his nursery friends on Friday at Jump (somewhere to avoid if you haven't got children)! We've also got most of the family over for tea on Sunday, so he'll enjoy spending time with his cousins and uncles, aunties, great aunt, nanny, grandad, grandma and bamps! It should go OK as long as Uncle John doesn't bring along too many more jokes!
So, that's about all the news from us at the moment. Will post more as it happens!!
