Bottles for all

Fin and Maggie got the go ahead to try a bottle yesterday. Both kids did great! Maggie tried first and took 17 mL in 20 minutes. After that, she was tired. They fed the rest through her feeding tube.

Fin must have thought that he needed to make it a competition! He took 21 mLs in 12 minutes for his first feeding. The nurses were very impressed! They said sometimes kiddos will only take a few mLs during their first bottle feed while they are trying to figure out how to suck, swallow and breathe at the same time.

Maggie took her second bottle last night and had to one up her brother. She took 22 mLs in about 15 minutes. I'm excited about the competition they have going :) Fin was a bit too tuckered out to try a second bottle last night. Hopefully he will want to give it a go this morning.