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but i was able to buy most of them at consignment sales you would not believe how many like new items you can find there wubbanubs x4 or more i have never heard of wubbanubs until i got pregnant with quads these cute pacifiers have a little toy animal attached to them and so the baby gets to snuggle with it and it is soothing for him her when you have four babies these things are pretty helpful we had 2 for each baby but now only hannah wants them the other babies are not interested in pacifiers anymore unless they want to tease hannah baby bathtub x2 you don t need four of these most of the time we only used one but the second one was handy when both my husband and i gave baths at the same time or when auntie lois stopped by to help with bath time she called it spa time clipboards x4 and baby schedule just regular clipboards where we clipped our baby log and schedule that we printed out it made a lot of sense and this way it was easy to keep up with each baby from feedings to medicine given everything was written down humidifiers x2 we bought one for each of their rooms and we usually use them during the cold seasons car seats x4 we opted for the chicco key fit 30 because it secures babies from 4 to 30 pounds not all infant car seats are made for preemie babies so make sure you choose the right one strollers baby trend double stroller frame worked for us we had a hard time finding something that will match our car seats they didn t snap on the stroller but they were safe we found it to be the easiest way to get around with four tiny babies for the most doctor s visits we took 2 babies at once so we only used one stroller runabout quad stroller fits four babies in a row great for walks and hikes foundation quad stroller fits four babies two in the front row and two in the back it is heavy but it fits in the trunk of our minivan we used it at church and other places when we wanted all four babies in the same stroller quad table love love love our quad table we purchased the seats at justformultiples com and got our table custom made by a local cabinet company kitchen and bath design group i am pretty sure there were other things we used a lot but for now that s all i can think of i will try to update the list if my memory helps me have fun shopping lori disclaimer please keep in mind that these are all personal preferences what works for our family might not work for another family we do not benefit from any purchases you make by clicking the links i provided tagged baby shower list bottle proppers expecting quadruplets must needs for multiples wubbanubs nov 21 world prematurity day posted by lori 0 years ago when we were newlyweds my husband and i used to talk about having babies like it was as easy as baking a pie the thought of having a premature baby never crossed our minds because even if we don t live in a perfect world we tend to create our own and so we never thought we could end up having a premature baby or four life is unexpected as we all know for my hubby and i life followed an untraditional route and god choose us to deliver 4 miracles and to show his glory for that we are forever grateful because it was such a unique situation we knew from the early days of my pregnancy that the quads will be born premature how many weeks was i going to take this high risk pregnancy we hoped for as many as possible thankfully we reached all the milestones we hoped for and we passed the 28 weeks mark which was so important i did get some steroids shots in order to rush the development of the babies lungs and some other organs which greatly increased their chances of survival no one knew how much longer i d still be pregnant at 29 weeks and 4 days the quads were born tiny little peanuts 2 and 3 pounds babies that started their lives in a battle we were not allowed to hold them not even touch them right away we couldn t see their faces for days because they were covered with the cpap tubes or oxygen cannulas healthy babies but small and fragile and not quite ready for the real world quads from heaven they all spent some time in their own incubator and they each had a special cushion that was soft and kept them warm and comfy the incubators were covered with a large blanket just to keep them dark this way they felt somewhat like in the utero usually babies move on to an open crib once they are able to mantain their body temperature that happens around 34 gestational weeks or even earlier the incubator protected the babies from infections a mother s antibodies don t cross the placenta until 32 weeks so the immune system of a baby born before that doesn t protect him much we washed hands so much besides that we used hand sanitizer a lot by washing hands i mean a good 15 20 seconds of handwashing with soap and water every time we entered the nursery and every time we wanted to get close to an incubator even when we were just moving from one incubator to another without touching anything we had to at least use hand sanitizer if we touched our phones purse keys a water bottle pretty much anything and everything even our own hair or clothes we had to wash hands it felt crazy in the beginning nobody was used to that i mean it was hard to teach ourselves and not forget that we always had to wash our hands even after we brought the babies home we continued this habit as crazy as it sounds but we managed to keep the babies healthy through the flu season and throughout the first year of life isaac sleeping peacefully in his warm and comfy incubator it s pretty scary to see your babies attached to all these machines but it is even scarier when a machine goes off and the beeping doesn t stop that means something is wrong with the baby there are many frightening moments in the nicu everything is uncertain as a parent you would give anything to help your baby you would do everything that it takes to help their situation but you can t do much usually the nurses teach the new parents how to handle their preemies but i remember that for a good amount of time we were only allowed to change diapers at specific times that were called touch times under their supervision of course later on after spending a few weeks in the nicu i felt brave enough to give my babies baths and both oly and i were allowed to take them out of the incubators open cribs by ourselves still we felt better knowing the nurse is near by just in case we needed her there are many things to be said about the nicu but thinking about those days that we spent there is pretty hard on my heart baby hannah in her incubator yesterday we went back to visit the northside nicu and say another thank you to the doctors and nurses that took care of our babies i knew there will be a lot of emotions and flash backs but i was really hoping it will not affect me that much it did even though i was there with my family our four thriving preemies that are now 14 months and absolutely perfectly healthy and beautiful seeing that first nursery where isaac was admitted right after delivery it was very hard on me even after we came home the thoughts in my head were giving me a headache daddy next to alexis incubator while we were there many parents walked by to get to the nurseries where they had their babies moms of singletons that had emergency deliveries due to different complications that were not prepared to bring a premature baby into this world i could see the sadness on their faces i could see their uncertainty and worry there was a granddad in the lobby playing with his grandson he told us that his granddaughter was born at 24 weeks weighing 1 pound 8 oz this micro preemie has been in the nicu for over 50 days now and she still has a long way to go but they really hope she will make it home in time for christmas 40 gestational weeks is a full term pregnancy 24 gestational weeks is considered the point of viability and the baby has 50 70 chances of survival after reaching this milestone premature babies often deal with different conditions some of them are treatable but some can stick with them for the rest of their lives to have all four of our babies perfectly healthy is such a blessing and we know that only god was able to make that happen kangaroo care with baby andrew when you go through the nicu journey and have a preemie baby or more the only things that can help you from going nuts is a good support system and your faith in god many times the support system is not that strong and that s just because people are not familiar with the nicu life and they don t know what the parents of preemies have to deal with and that is understandable without our god we would have lost our minds that s all i can say but believing his word and his promise made us tackle one day at the time he is in control at all times and that was proven to us this is what the bible says in matthew 17 20 he replied because you have so little faith truly i tell you if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can say to this mountain move from here to there and it will move nothing will be impossible for you and it is true instead of letting fear and desperation take over we had our hearts full of gratitude and we embraced our faith will all our strenght today is world prematurity day and it is special to us there are a lot of parents of premature babies out there people that never thought they will end up in this position but premature births happen so very often it could happen to any pregnant woman at any given time but i am praying and hoping for less and less premature births i am praying for the research teams and organizations like march of dimes that work hard to find ways to stop and help premature births tonight in honor of world prematurity day at 5pm eastern time fox 5 news will air a story about preemies and the story is ours we are excited to tell the world about our miracles and how blessed we have been to have the march of dimes organization on our side fox 5 crew at our house preemies are superheros love lori tagged matthew 17 20 micro preemie nicu preemies world prematurity day nov 17 happy 1 year homecoming anniversary to our super girl alexis posted by lori 1 alexis madeline lupei 12 months old i wish i would have taken time a year ago to put my thoughts down and write about one of the most amazing days of our lives when the last baby in the nicu finally came home there was an overwhelming amount of mixed feelings from happiness to uncertainty and so on it was exciting to have all four babies home a new chapter about to unfold i will never miss the days when half of the babies were home and half in the hospital i wanted to somehow clone myself so i can be with all 4 at the same time once the boys came home we were not able to visit the girls every single day and they were getting slower and slower in learning how to take a bottle and finish a whole feeding by bottle among other important things that kept them from coming home the nicu nurses and doctors have told us that the babies knew our voices recognized our smell and it did make a difference if we spent time with them in the nicu or not in the beginning i didn t think it mattered that much or that the babies really knew i was with them the whole day but later i realized that they did know i was there they did know when daddy was there and so this dedicated father went to visit the girlies by himself after work while i was home with the boys on the weekends we always took the boys with us back in the nicu and spend a whole day there with hannah and alexis family picture before we left the nicu the babies were 70 days old you would probably ask me what in the world did you do 10 hours or more a day in the hospital i was so busy that sometimes many times i didn t even have time to grab something to eat taking a lunch break meant leaving the nicu nursery because i wasn t allowed to eat there but my meals were also important because i was pumping around the clock every 2 hours at that time to get my body to produce more and more milk so i can keep up with all 4 growing babies and even though it was hard and time consuming and i was dreading it i was happy to do it because it was one of the few things i was able to do for my tiny babies those days along with that i did skin to skin therapy also known as kangaroo care with each baby daily this practice helps babies maintain body warmth regulate their heartbeat and gain weight and also gave us the opportunity to hold and cuddle with them i had days when i couldn t cover all 4 because i needed at least 1 hour with each and in between that and pumping and trying to eat there was just not enough time i always felt very guilty for the days when i couldn t do everything i planned and i felt very bad when i wasn t spending the exact amount of time with each baby but again super daddy was there to help out every day after work he would stop by our friends house to shower and change they lived 10 min away from the hospital and come spend time with our little peanuts at the end of each day both of us would do kangaroo care with a baby sometimes in the same nursery and that felt awesome we had 4 babies in 3 different nurseries in the beginning that was family time for us the time didn t matter anymore the fact that we were very uncomfortable sitting on those wooden chairs for an hour without moving an arm did not matter all the noises that the machines in the nursery were making on and on and on didn t matter not even the wires and the tubes that were in our way and all the things that were making it so hard to hold our babies didn t matter anymore we were spending precious time with the most precious little people in the world after that we said good night to everyone grabbed the laundry bags and headed out to get some dinner in the hospital cafeteria if it was still open oh those nights when you are hungry but don t want to go out and sometimes don t even have the money to go out for dinner but there is nothing at home to eat i don t think i made time to cook dinner in that period of time stopping by the grocery store ummm that would have taken away from the time i needed for my babies don t ask how we survived we just did we were getting so tired of those long drives to the hospital we lived about 40 min away from northside at that time we just wanted everyone home under the same roof i feel like my mind is all over the place while i try to stick to alexis homecoming story i jump to many other things hopefully you can keep up with me glad i still remember these things but then how could i forget nicu nurses rock kaitlyn and lori saying goodbye to the quads november 16th 2013 lori kaitlyn today with the quads november 16th 2014 alexis took her car seat test the day hannah came home right before we left the hospital at least one of the parents was supposed to be there for that so we were glad that she passed and we got that out of the way we were really hoping that in a few days she will come 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