news, news, news. i am almost falling behind, writing... :) and ONLY good news, at that!

our first kid broke through the barrier of birth weight... benjamin, 640 grams, yesterday. well, he drinks a grand total of 4.5 grams of mother's milk per hour, that's .16oz. sounds not much, i know, but let me show you, percentagewise: .16 ounces per hour times 24 hours per day make almost 4 ounces per day, and that's 17% of his own body weight. if _I_ would drink this much, i'd need almost 3 stone or over 5 gallons of milk per day! (look at that german engineer juggling with them imperial units! impressive!) but with the little dragon this is different, of course. they all need growing. and they do. and they will NEVER become too heavy for daddy's belly!

last night we also became members of the society of preemie supporters, "federleicht" (translates to "featherlight"). that is a group of very humane human beings (reference chapter 44) - parents of former preemies, doctors and nurses - who materially and ideologically seek to assist and support parents and their ambience. in a very comfortable atmosphere there is talking, listening, laughing, eating, drinking and helping. many a project have been carried through, devices bought, aid procured, parents' room refurbished. all points of view are present: medical necessity, caring opportunity, parental request. we are very glad and proud to be an active part of this from here on in.

and last but certainly not least, we were in the newspaper yesterday, the local one, in the birth anouncements. and as it should be with triplets, three times! daddy made a special trip to the gas station to buy it. :)

so, it was a pretty filled up day that leaves a warm and cosy feeling in us...