She checked out all the girls and said they were doing great and getting bigger and bigger. They are all still VERY small, but their growth continues to be consistent. Developmentally, they are on track for their adjusted age (Steve is still a bit behind) and overall she is really pleased. She was surprised when she walked in and they were all over the place (see picture below). Which has made these visits pretty easy now that they can just go exploring everywhere.... She also thinks its so funny to see such little babies sitting up, crawling around, etc. It's totally going to be a freak show when they start walking as little as they are.
It was pretty funny at the end of the appointment we went to the "shot room," which we also refer to as the "room of pain" (I accidently called it that in front of a 5 year old and her mom gave me the look of death). There were a ton of people waiting before and after us. So when we were up Andy took each girl in one by one (I can do puke and poop, but I don't do shots) and then would bring each one out balling. So by the last one, I was standing in the hallway with about 15 people waiting behind us and I was holding two screaming, crying babies... One of my fondest memories of the week :-)
One of the most exciting things that their Doctor told us is that we can start to transition to Milk. Although the girls are small, they have continued on their growth chart and she didn't see any reason to wait to transition. Andy and I did a our happy little girls dance jumping up and down clapping... I didn't even think about the transition part, I was just doing the money calculation in my head and was thinking about what I could buy with our new found windfall. I honestly thought they would be on formula until their adjusted age of 1 in February. After about 20 minutes, we figured out we would be saving between $400-$500 per month - that could buy a lot of beer, or purses, or shoes, or fantasy football crap, or diapers (snooze!) We told some people we would be spending it on booze and strippers, but after further thought, that just doesn't sound interesting either. Quite honestly, we've started the transition by replacing one bottle a day with milk versus formula, but I think we will make a slow transition over 2 months. Not so much becasue they don't tollerate the milk (they have all sucked it down), it's more that I don't want their growth to be impacted and really Stevie still gets most of her calories from formula as she isn't on table food yet, and overall isn't a terrific eater just yet. The other 2 girls are eating more and more table food, so I feel more comfortable with them. So we may have a delayed windfall, but that's okay - I can plan ahead more :-)
The girls at their doctor appointment... Chaos!
Bria trying to show me something...
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