Fluid Mechanics

We have a new hypothesis about the cause of James's throwing up yesterday -- the feeding pump is not accurate with the volume of food it's delivering. We've now tested this a couple times with careful measuring, and there's definitely a problem. Basically, it thinks it's given him less than it has, so we're pretty sure he ended up getting extra food extra fast the other night. So when we tried to give him his morning food, he was probably already stuffed! Poor baby!

We called the equipment company about this problem, and they're going to bring us a replacement pump tomorrow.

James took his whole amount by bottle at his 6 PM feeding today. It ended up being spread over an hour and a half because his home health nurse visit happened in the middle, but it was still nice that he was able to do it!

We also got a couple of smiles from him today. Very sweet!! And we think the twins are noticing each other. When they were playing on their backs near each other, Mike said that Matthew was really looking at James. And in the evening, James was up on the scale during the nurse visit, and I was holding Matthew (who was asleep), and James was really looking at Matthew. Presumably they'll notice each other at the same time pretty soon now! We're still not putting them right together yet because I'm not sure we're past the flu transmission window, but a few more days and I'll relax a little more.

On a sad note, we found out this morning about the unexpected death of our neighbor across the street. She was a kind and generous person, and she was so enthusiastic and encouraging about the babies -- we wish she had been able to meet James. We will miss her. Rest in peace, Kerry.