Mary has been doing really well lately.  She is still in the covered isolette (even though it looked like she might be getting out earlier in the week).  The doctor decided she was still too small to join her brother and sister in the crib so they have raised the temperature back up in the isolette and are trying to get her to gain some weight.  Can't remember if I've explained this, but if they move her to the crib too soon then she'll be using all her calories to regulate her temperature and won't have any calories left to help her grow.  So, keeping her in the isolette allows her to grow more quickly (which is what we want). 

On Friday Mary got to take her first bottle!  I wasn't there for it, but the nurses said she did pretty good.  They had to blow oxygen in her face during the feeding to help remind her to breathe but they've been doing that with Timothy and Elizabeth also.  The main problem she's having right now is that she sucks a bunch of milk in her mouth but then waits to swallow it all at once and ends up choking on it.  So, the physical therapist will be working with her on that (as well as the whole breathing thing).  Since Mary is still so small bottle feeding is very tiring for her.  Her apnea episodes have increased since they started bottle feeding so they've limited her to 1 bottle a day and have started giving her caffeine again.  As she continues to grow and get better at bottle feeding they'll increase the number of times she gets a bottle each day.

Elizabeth is getting 25 mL of milk at each feeding and now weighs 2 lbs 13.7 ounces.  She is taking Reglan again for some reflux issues she's having, but other than that she's doing awesome!