6 Weeks Old Tomorrow

Well tomorrow our precious miracles will be 6 weeks old.  Where has the time gone?  The time has been spent racing out of the house by 8am every morning to get to the hospital in time for the 10 and 11am feeds, racing back home again with Oliver in tow, expressing, getting him down for a nap and then spending the afternoon preparing for the trio to come home, expressing, doing all the evening stuff (dinner, bath, books and bed) for Oliver on my own while Mr TAN is at the hospital, expressing, and in between trying to make sure I am well rested and energised for when they come home.
Our trio are 36+3 corrected today and are doing amazingly well.  They are now on 4 hourly/ demand feeds and are still being fed exclusively on expressed breast milk.  At the moment they are on 3-4 suck feeds per day either at the breast or by bottle, the remaining feeds are gavaged (through the nasal gastric tube).  About a week ago they did have a minor setback as they caught a mystery virus which gave them a slight temperature and lots of snot.  Spencer went back into an isolette and into the higher care nursery but was reunited with his brother and sister within 24 hours.  Hudson came down with it about a day or two after Addison and Spencer but is almost fully recovered now. 

Addison is growing well and as of today weighs 2540grams, she is a little bit slower with her bottle feeds and tires easily, but is otherwise doing well.  Spencer now weighs 2780 grams and much prefers breast feeds than bottle feeds.  Lastly, Hudson who has always been the porkier one today hit the 3kilo mark.  So all are now starting to get that chubby look about them.

So when are they coming home?  Two days ago I got told it would be a maximum of 2 weeks until Addison, Spencer and Hudson will join us at home.  So for the past few days we have been madly preparing all the last minute things and starting to work out our helpers.  For the first 12 weeks we will be getting 9 hours of help during the week thanks to the local multiple birth association.  Which is a fantastic help, although I have heard that a study shows that it takes 197 hours a week to care for new born triplets when there are only 168 hours in a week.  Sadly this doesn't take into account me showering, eating or caring for other children.  So the next few months we expect to be hard and we don't know how we will do it but what I do know is we have lots of wonderful family, friends and community and support around us and that we will get through it. 

Sorry no pics today but will try and post some soon...