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KISS, and I’m not talking about the band.

I learned an acronym in college from Dr. Gayle Pohl in one of my public relations courses. KISS. KISS stands for Keep It Simple, Stupid. Dr. Pohl, if you’re reading this tonight, this one is for you…here we go.

Laruen is doing better today. It turned out that her belly was a bit irritated causing the blood in her stool over the weekend. She went back to her feedings after a brief period of time off. She seems fine now and will increase her feedings over the next few days back to normal levels.

Alex is doing well. The kid is a chunk. Even though he’s 7 weeks old, he (and all of his sisters) is still considered 4 weeks premature, but he’s officially over six pounds. He will not be the size of a preemie when he comes home! I saw him the other day for the first time in weeks without his hat on his head. He has a skull for a child four weeks early, but the face of a child at full term. He has really fat cheeks. I’m sorry that I don’t have more updated pics of the kids. Alex is just so excited about getting a bottle that he sucks so hard that he tires himself out and can’t seem to finish. He’s not like his father. He’s definitely a sprinter. We’ll see how he does over the course of the week.

Emma is doing well. She’s still the smallest. She is tolerating her feedings fine, but not finishing any of them yet. She’s progressing, but just isn’t there yet. She’s starting to fill out as she gains weight and it’s very scary how similar she’s starting to look like all of the others. There’s no way that we’ll be able to tell them apart without some type of identifier. All of them will have their name on the wall over their crib, just like Meredith does. They’ll be color coded and that may be how we handle telling who’s who?

Madeline did well over the past 24 hours. Since I was in the other day with all of the kids, Madeline has tolerated all of her feedings. Her feeding tube was removed today, which we’re happy about. If she makes it through the night without complication, she will come home tomorrow!!! After all, Angela’s mom is here and I took the week off. We may as well have her home, right? Say your prayers!

Brook is having a great time at home. She’s feeding awesome and sleeping a ton. She’s still on the 3-hour schedule and Angela and I have been sharing those duties. Becky, Angela’s mom, has been helping too. Everything has been great. She has another appointment with her pediatrician on Wednesday night and another eye appointment on Friday. Nothing to worry about, just standard appointments.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Meredith and how she’s doing. She’s doing great. The biggest issue is that she wants to help out with feedings and diaper changes and she gets upset when we have to redirect her interests. Angela’s mom said it best tonight when she said, “there really isn’t any way to explain how independent, determined and stubborn she is until you spend a few days with her. There’s nothing mamby pamby about her.” This little girl has a mind of her own!

That was as simple as I can make it. Thank you Dr. Pohl for making my night a little easier.

Until next time…