[thechat] My new girlfriends!

[Luther, Ron]

abbey wrote:

>>YAY!! how cute -- are they really that tiny? In the picture, Hayley's head
>>looks smaller than the snot-sucker (I'm sorry, I know it probably has a real
>>name).

Hi Abbey,

They're pretty tiny.  ;-)  I've got a pic at home with my hand next to one
of them for scale ... well d'uh ... <fires up ftp /> ... it's right here:
http://www.fangsnclaws.com/Photo/Hayley%20and%20Rons%20Hand.jpg
... they _are_ pretty small. But as long as they are healthy - I don't
care.

Actually, they are bigger than I was expecting: they came in at 4 lb 5 oz
and 4 lb 8 oz.  The pediatrician is guessing they were about 32 weeks along.

(My step-daughter was a much smaller preemie.)


RonL.
(Ha! I don't know what that thing is called either. [Although a quick Google
search {Oh sure! I wonder what the company net-nazis will make of that one?}
says that Gerber prefers the term "nasal aspirator".])