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Baby loss awareness week
So much is going on when the days go by with triplets and yet not a day goes by when I don’t spare a thought here and there for our little Emma who we lost two years ago on 21st October. Continue reading → Baby loss awareness week
I don’t speak baby
They seem to have the same word for “poo”, “eat”, “sleep” or any other thing they want or need. Continue reading → I don’t speak baby
What’s good for one is not good for three
When you are pregnant and after giving birth, one gets a lot of advice (unsolicited mostly). And while it all comes from a good place (and mainly from women that used to detest unsolicited advice during their pregnancy) I have a hard time telling them “thanks but it really isn’t suitable for triplets” without sounding ungrateful. Continue reading → What’s good for one is not good for three
5 months follow-up
3 months and 3/4 adjusted.
All growing as they should, great tonicity, etc. Nothing wrong with them which is as much as we could ask for.
Alicia 6.2kg, 61 cms (P50)
Laura 5.2 kg, 59 cms (P15)
Ana 5.9 kg, 60.5 cms (P50)
They got their first shot for prevention of Bronchiolitis (something that could be severe in preemies).
Next step: solids start in less than two weeks!
To poo or to eat, that’s the question
Or to put it like all the pediatricians did to us: “up to you: reflux or constipation?”. Continue reading → To poo or to eat, that’s the question
Tip: The monkeys on the wall
When we decided to decorate the walls with stickers it was more out of our wish to avoid nailing things to the wall than anything. There are stickers on the nursery wall and on top of the changing tables. What was our surprise when the girls discovered them and loved them. They used to scream their heads off when being changed when we took them home. Now they love it and give us loads of precious moments. The monkeys downstairs are particularly successful and even when they’re having a difficult feed it helps to bring them to the monkeys to distract them and finish the bottle!
