Worrying and Green Beans

So, we went to the doctor today for the babies' last Synagis shot!! Hooray!!! This is the injection they have gotten once a month since they left the hospital. It isn't a vaccine... just preventative medication. You have to qualify and be pre-certified by your insurance to get this because the shot is EXPENSIVE! Wish I had invented whatever they have in that tiny little vial. Somebody has a lake house and beach house, too. The shots are $1,622.29 PER CHILD every month. Gotta be sure they get their 29 cents, too! Thankfully, insurance does cover it. The shot helps to protect them from RSV, which stands for something with an R, something with an S, VIRUS. It is bad news for preemies. According to the pediatrician, it is pretty much a guaranteed hospital stay for babies as small as our two. This is also the reason they have been in hiding since.. since they were born. So, since they were premature, low birth weight, and multiples.. they qualified. This is the end of RSV season and flu season, so I hope that we are in the clear now for any type of major risk for these two things. I know you can get them any time, but I hope that the Synagis helped to protect them. I know Blue Cross Blue Shield hopes it protected them, too. I am sure that after the half million dollars they dropped for the NICU stay, they HOPE we are protected from many things. I am also glad we don't have to go back again for a couple of months (although I am not sure how I can now go two months without being able to ask Dr. Jones my monthly list of questions since they have been on a monthly basis since coming home from the hospital).

Now to the worrying part... Rush didn't gain much weight this time around... only 9 oz. since a month ago. They have both been averaging around a pound of weight gain each month, so he slacked off a little this month. I could tell that he had not gained much when I was holding him. We could also tell that S.F. was much heavier than him. He is up to 13 lbs. 13 oz. He is thriving and happy. He just doesn't eat very much. Well, even though Dr. Jones said he wasn't worried, I am. I felt like he must have been at least a little worried because he said we could put him back on the Enfacare (preemie formula) to get in a few extra calories every day. He also said to start pushing solids. (More on that at the end of the post..) So,it might be back to the expensive stuff for the little guy. Sassy pants, weighing in at 14 lbs. 11 oz., will be staying on the regular formula because she gained her pound. :-) I just want sweet Rush to continue to grow and get some meat on his bones, ya know?

Along with our other adventures this Spring Break, we tried some green beans on Wednesday night. I tasted them. Imagine... green beans with no seasoning at all... mmmm. Makes your mouth water, right? Well, my two little ones really liked them. They started with a "what the heck is that???" look, but ended up eating every spoonful I gave them. The green beans were a hit! Let's just hope this continues with the rest of the stage 1 foods. Next up... sweet potatoes!

P.S. Did you think I was worried ABOUT green beans?


Cute outfits my friend Jeni gave them. They went to meet Miss Deborah, their future hairstylist/barber in these.



Syd's first taste of green beans



Rush's first taste of green beans


Sporting their Dr. Seuss onesies from my friend Lisa. Rush is Thing 1 since he is the big brother and was born a full minute before Thing 2.