whohoooooo!!!

2 of the babies finally have doubled their birth weight. this is something they say should happen in 7-10 days (keep in mind their initial weights are from when they were already a little over 24hrs old, so they may have surpassed birth weight already mind you I don't think so) so if you follow that rule they are about 2-3 days behind. Muffy however is not there yet, within the next 2 days I am betting. My alarm didn't go off thru the night like it was supposed to, so the bubs went about 6hrs with no food. When I woke up at 7am I freaked, nobody was crying or had cried all night long....I was very thankful when I lifted the blanket and saw 3 tiny bodies breathing and sleeping contentedly. Not sure why it didn't go off but you can bet tonight I will be sleeping on full alert to make sure that it doesn't happen again. Some people have said to NOT wake them up if they are sleeping, while others say you MUST, I'm not really sure why each has their views all I know is that being diabetic I know what low blood sugar feels like and I know how sleepy and out of sorts it can make you feel. With the amount they are eating leaving them for 6 hrs worries me, if their sugars drop they may not be alert enough to cry out for me.

They will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. they all have a pair of eyes that are open, YEP,Arthur;s eyes were opened on Tuesday but they closed back up again, I have been wiping with a warm cloth at each feed and putting in some med to help. Today I was excited to see that I had a baby boy that was looking right back at me :).

They have teeth, and those milk teeth are pretty darn sharp.

They can walk, kinda. Still wobbly and shaky but the skill is there.

They can hear, when I talk and I am to close to their box, they wake up and start screaming.

They are starting to toilet on their own, this may be from the stimulation from their bedding, but they can still do it.

They have had their nails filed for the first time yesterday.

They can wrestle with one another, this is so funny to watch b/c it's really quite awkward looking. Muffy likes tails lol.

They each have their own personalities, I can tell who is crying just by the way they are crying.

Lots of accomplishments in just 14 days. it's amazing how fast they grow when compared with the way my own human child grew, it took her 8 months to walk, almost 4 years to be potty trained, 7 months to get her first tooth etc etc.

I ran out of KMR this morning, and the vet's offices in town don't have any, its all on back order. Our pet food place doesn't have any either, but they did have the "just born" formula so I had no choice but to get that instead. Let me just say I HATE it, with KMR, its a simple formula mix, 1 part formula mixed with 2 parts water....simple a monkey could figure that out...but the Just Born is weird, the amount of formula to water varies with their age and weight. I much prefer the standard and consistent ratio of KMR no matter how old the babies are or how much they weigh. I can't wait to get KMR again. I am also a bit worried that the new formula might cause some gastric upset, so I am mixing the wee bit of KMR I have left with the just born and slowly adding in more of the new stuff at each feed. So far it seems to be ok but I won't know until tomorrow or maybe Monday.

Baby weights:

Muffy - 217G - another day of slow gain, but no loss and a gain is a gain, She is strong, and still as mouthy as ever, I am not concerned about her at this point. She has always been a bit behind the others.

Arthur - Doubled his bw and then some with 256G today, 4G over his 252G double.

Kate - 226G right bang on for doubling!!