Just a walk in the par..ern garden

We met with a group of people yesterday who described our boys as "medically boring" and I'm okay with that! 

Michael is up to 2 lbs 15 oz
Austin is up to 3lbs 4oz 

Austin's breathing has been a bit more difficult but nothing the doctors are concerned about. His lungs are just still developing. He has been going through a phase of not wanting to be comforted when he is upset. He spits out his pacifier, he cries and pushes you away when he doesn't want you to mess with him. He doesn't love skin to skin time because he can't stretch out 🤣

Michael is totally his Daddy. He is so relaxed and chill, while being held he just passes right out and looks so comfortable. He loves skin to skin and will sleep forever on you if you let him. 

Neither boy like their hands being contained though when they are swaddled. They almost always wiggle out a hand within a few minutes of being swaddled.

The biggest news of all was they are going to be moving out of the Garden soon! The Garden is a "small baby unit" and they are the biggest ones currently in the Garden. So in the next week or two they will be moving which means we're heading in the right direction. 

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