Hi Carrie,

Your Kyla and my Ivy ARE very much alike! I loved looking at all your photos too. There is so much similarity! I haven't put alot of my premmie photos up because alot of my family find them distressing but I decided last night I will put them up, (just have to get another photo site first and work out how to use the darn thing). There is one of Noah that I have when he had dropped alot of weight and he has that CPAP shoved up his nose. I look at that alot and think WOW, you have come so far! Ivy too...there were days there in the NICU when I thought we were never going to get out of there!

I hear you on the BF decision and what a whirlwind time of it you had. Half the time I see saw between wanting to and not. It's painful making that choice to change to bottle, eith alot of guilt associated with it. Have been through that already with Noah and I guess I'm gearing up for those feelings again with Ivy. You did so well to get Kyla on the breast! I think the only reason I have kept it up with Ivy is because she was a good little feeder right from the first bf. Sure it's time consuming and it's every two hours cos her little belly can't hold that much but we don't have any attachment probs and other than the thrush we keep giving each other, there is no pain. Noah of course was another story altogether.

Gwen,

Lovely to hear from you! Glad to see your little girl is doing well. My Imogen (1st of the 1st set of twins) didn't do anything until she was 14months old. I was her method of transport until then. I had to carrie her to where ever her sister was, as she was cruising by 10 months and walking by 12. One day she started to crawl and by the end of the week she was walking. It was amazing! Just goes to show you they all get there, just in their own sweet time. It's hard though when you see other babies the same age as your and the comparison is enormous. i am finding that on the December thread. Their babies are doing what three monthers should be doing but my guys are only just smiling!

To answer your question re Noah, yes, he is fully bottle fed now. Occasionally he will have a go at the breast still but those times are few and far between and really, it's just happening for me, not for his nutrition at all. He is on the Karicare thickened formula.

Are you scared that your new baby will come early? Do you dread it or do you feel more confident, having had Seren, that you will cope with the NICU? I know that having had all of my babies in the NICU, I felt alot more comfortable than when I had my girls. Especially after the dramas of William.