4 Months!

The babies had their 4 month checkup today! (They will be 4mo on Weds)!

They have grown! Owen is now 13lbs 7oz, Lyla is 9lbs 14oz & Noah is 11lbs 2 oz! Owen is 24 inches tall and Lyla & Noah are both 22 inches tall! Our Pedi said that everyone is looking great!

Having triplets I seem to have a TON of questions. I feel like a NEW mom everytime I go in for an appointment. I know a lot of the answers before she gives them, or I "assume" and she validates my assumptions! But having triplets and the fact that they were 2 months premature raises a lot of new questions. Their development of most milestones that 4 month old babies born at full-term may be delayed because they are only really supposed to be 2 month olds! This is a whole new thing for me. I feel like they are right on track for THEM. Each baby is his/her own individual, but they are all very similar in their milestones up to this point. They are smiling, babbling, laughing, and responding so well to voices and other people. They are using their hands to grasp and putting them in their mouths. Sitting up isn't really a thing they can do outside of the Bumbo seat or the exersaucer or someone's lap, but I don't think Emmalee even started sitting semi-unassisted until she was 5mo! So we'll see!

Lyla is a little behind in her weight gain, so she's going to be put on the 24 calorie mixture of the formula, just like Noah is. At least it's something we already do, so nothing NEW! It's just getting into the grove of doing it! Thank heaven for the bottle warmer I bought!

Noah is gaining wonderfully and he's doing so well with his meds, that we're dropping one of the meds down from 4x/day to only 3x/day! I'm super excited about this! He also has a 2nd med that is 2x/day, so that was 6x/day we were giving him medicine. This is hard to dictate to some people who want to help out, so the less he needs, the better! We're looking at if he's still doing really well at his 6mo appt, possibly keeping his dose at the same amount, and start weaning him! His doses did go up this time, according to his weight gain.

Owen is measuring in the 25th percentile for his weight for a 4 month old (full-term). For a 2 month old he'd be in the 95th percentile! Lately we've been noticing something weird about Owen's head shape and his tendencies to favor looking to the left. So I planned on bringing this up at the appointment, and I'm sure glad I did. He has what is called Torticollis, it's your muscles in your neck grow we from lack of use, and you tend to favor one side more than the other. It is apparently common in preemies, and especially multiples. He is going to go see a Physical Therapist (PT) a week from Monday, and she will teach us how to help correct this and hopefully we can avoid the need for a shaping helmet. And to be totally honest, this was something before I had the babies I was terrified about happening. I know if it's needed, it's needed. But I can't help but feel like it's MY fault that he's got this wrong with him. If I would've paid more attention to which way his head was facing, and urged him to look the other way, or if I held him more, maybe this wouldn't have happened. Lyla and Noah don't have this problem, do I hold them more than him? I feel like a bad mommy. :(

I am glad that they are growing and meeting important milestones and overall I'm doing a great job! I still cannot believe I have 4 month old triplets! Life is good.

Emmalee is adorable!

She loves her baby brothers and sister. Sometimes I think she ignores them, on purpose. I probably would too if I was a 2yo and suddenly had to share my mommy and all her time with 3 little babies! But even after that, she sometimes just goes over to one of them, will take his/her hand and just hold it, saying "thank you very much!" She's so funny. I love when she pets them and says "ohhhh so cute!" and now she says "hi sweetie!" Who taught her that one!?!!?? LOVE IT!

I just wish she'd tell me she loves me already. She's 26 months old, (2years 2months) and she still hasn't said, "I love you Mommy!" I'm waiting to MELT! Hopefully soon. If I ask her if she loves me, she says yes, or hugs me. Also if I ask her, "can you say, 'Mommy, I love you'?" She says "yes" but never does. So we'll see what happens!

She loves her movies and bringing her toys into bed with her. She's obsessed with it. If she doesn't have a certain toy with her, or if she throws it out of the crib, she'll scream til she has it! She wants to stay in her feety pajamas all the time and literally throws a fit when I change her diaper because she thinks I'm going to take the pj's off! YIKES!

But she makes me smile, despite the climbing on the furniture, and the raiding of the pantry, trying to open boxes of food that she shouldn't have. All while I'm in the midst of feeding some one. She even takes the cereal boxes off the countertop and carries them to her chair and helps herself to a snack! I love it. I am setting boundaries, but if it's keeping her happy while I'm feeding a baby and I'm alone with all 4 of them, she can do whatever! As long as she's safe!

Here she is sharing with Noah.