Premie Age

[Evelyn and Ian]

My wife and I are new to the forum, we have new born twins that were born at 26 weeks.  After 3 months in the NICU we got them both home about 2 weeks ago.  Reading through a number of posts I now see that my frustrations (which are much worse than my wife's, bless her) are perfectly in-line with a number of yours.  A question/concern that I have though is my LOs are technically 3 and a half months old, however their actual due date was just this past Thursday.  I'm not real sure where they fit in with the EASY method, should I treat them like 3 month olds, or 3 week olds?  I've read a lot of posts tonight, but it's now 1:00 am and time to wake them for their next feed.  Thank you in advance.

[Melej]

I think that the general advice is to treat them as their corrected age, so 3 weeks for your LOs. Is there a pattern in their feeding at the moment? Are they going 2 or 3 hrs between feeds?

[Evelyn and Ian]

3 weeks it is, that means I'm not as far behind as I was afraid.  We go every two and a half to three hours with their feeds, maybe a little longer for their overnight feeds, three and a half to four, if they are sleeping well and not stirring.
-Thanks

[Chicane]

Hi Evelyn and Ian

I just want to welcome you to the forum. Congratulations on your little ones! You will find lots of help and info here so please don't hesitate to come back on with any doubts, questions or just to have a whine!

The first few weeks can be hard going, but rest assured that you will all be in the swing of it soon enough. We're here for ya!

xxx