The Littlest Hedgehogs, 6 weeks+

Harlo, Day 43 showing his true colors before a cuddle

Rhys and Danielle, Day 44

Harlo and Jason, Day 44 - look fewer tubes for a few minutes!

The last two days have been really exciting for Jason and I, but probably less so for the little beans.

On Thursday, Harlo and Rhys were promoted out of the acute care area into "the back" which is for growing babies without major complications. Our new room has 4-7 babies instead of 12 and 2-3 nurses instead of 6. It is amazingly quieter. Best of all, they are finally next to one another! Jason was the first to touch them both at the same time, ever, on Thursday night.

On Friday night we walked in and thought they had moved Rhys again because we didn't recognize him in his CRIB! He wears a onesie under a long-sleeve footie to stay warm, but he is outside! We had our first side-by-side cuddle, and Harlo and Rhys could see each other for the first time, if they could see that far.

We have also held Harlo for an hour each of the past two nights without his breathing assistance, and he is doing really well. Harlo also got changed to 3-hour feeds from every 2 hours, and the result has been almost an asking for food at 8pm when we cuddle him and he gets fed. He thinks he is ready for a boob and even leached onto Jason last night. Rhys is much more awake when we cuddle and working hard on sucking practice.