Flashback Friday - We've Come a Long Way, Baby!

This is the last Friday of November, so Prematurity Awareness Month will soon be coming to a close. I hope that you learned a few facts about prematurity and maybe even visited the March of Dimes website for more information.

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This last Flashback Friday post was first published on December 14, 2007. They were 48 days old.



We've Come a Long Way, Baby!

The appearances of the babies are changing daily, and it goes beyond the regular growth that babies make. I thought it would be fun to tell you about some of the things that have "appeared" over the last seven weeks. Here are a few:

1) Thankfully, the boys got nipples, but you already knew that. You'll be happy to know that their nipples continue to get bigger and we actually have a raised center now!

2) Eyelashes - The boys were born without eyelashes. For some reason, this was never a concern for me. Maybe I never really noticed it before. Maybe I just instantly thought of them having eyelash transplants (you know, like some kind of Hair for Men type thing) and dismissed it. I don't know. But, now that their eyelashes are growing in, it is very noticeable! It seems like their eyelashes are getting longer every day!

3) Tears - The boys still don't cry with tears. They never have. Their tear ducts are not producing tears yet, so when they cry, they just do the face scrunching up thing and make a little noise. Their tears won't start to form for quite a few more weeks.

4) Crying - Now that they are getting bigger, their voices now sound more like a newborn baby's. Before, they would never really make noise. When they would make noise, Isaac said it sounded like a baby goat's noise. They still don't cry very often and are easily soothed. Often all it takes to calm them is a little sugar water.

5) Sucking - Now this is debatable on whether this has appeared yet, especially with the boys having to go back and relearn this skill. They did have a visit from an "oral therapist" to see how they are progressing in the sucking category on Tuesday. (I have no idea what an oral therapy session is like because I wasn't there, but I bet it was interesting. lol) The conclusion is that they need to start practicing nippling again. Duh. I could have figured that one out,

That is all I can think of off of the top of my head. I'll add to this list as I think of things.

Still no pictures yet, but I am working on Jason's sucking premiere. Too cute! I will try to have it up by the end of today... (It's here, if you want to see it.)