The pediatrician was with the girls when I arrived this morning. He has decided to fortify the breastmilk the girls get from the tube (and eventually the overnight bottles) in an effort to help them put on some weight. This is common for preemies. He has also decided to wean them off their daily caffeine (they give it to premature babies because they sometimes forget to breathe). They have a half dose until tomorrow and then Friday they will be caffeine free (maybe I should start guzzling coffee and diet pepsi - mmmm). Once they are off they need to go 5 days without what they call a spell - basically they have to remember to breathe - before they can come off the monitors. As it stands (and this could change) sometime next week I will need to start staying at the hospital for all feedings. At that point the girls will move from scheduled 3 hour feeds to on demand feeding no more than 4 hours apart...and I think I'm tired now! Leah was a bit fussy today. She's back to her fiesty self now that the barfing has stopped. I don't think she had enough at her first feed because she proceeded to scream for two hours and of course I was busy for one hour feeding her sister so she was consoled by the nurses. By the time her second feeding came around she was pooped out from the crying and we had to top her up through the tube. She passed out in my arms and had a nice nap. Emma is still very quiet but she makes all sorts of funny faces. It's fun just watching her and if you kiss her on the lips she makes this look like she's swallowed something sour - very cute. I'm looking forward to having them together. They have spent only minutes together so far and I'm curious to see how they act when they're in the same crib - if one screams will the other one sleep through or join in!