<\/a>Chubby 4-week-old Destroy<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During those last few days in the hospital before the babes arrived, all I could think about was having healthy babies. One of the key factors was birth weight. \u201cThink chubby babies!\u201d I kept telling everyone. 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In Pod B,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Baby Photos"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/streamdoubletrouble.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/brothers_caden-logan_07-15-10.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":807,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/put-the-nicu-nurses-out-of-a-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":334,"position":2},"title":"Put the NICU Nurses Out of a Job","date":"November 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of a campaign to generate awareness about the crisis of premature birth in our country, the March of Dimes designated November as Prematurity Awareness Month. Premature birth is the leading cause of newborn death worldwide. And the rate of premature birth has risen by 30 percent since 1981.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Baby Photos"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/streamdoubletrouble.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/img_0056.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":261,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/two-weeks\/","url_meta":{"origin":334,"position":3},"title":"Two Weeks","date":"June 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s been two weeks since the twins arrived. The time has passed by in the blink of an eye and taken forever at the same time. No, you\u2019re not experiencing d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu \u2013 this is just how the One Week post began. It still holds true. Search and Destroy have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Baby Photos"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/streamdoubletrouble.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/caden_14days_6-11-10.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2135,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/babies-berries-and-baths\/","url_meta":{"origin":334,"position":4},"title":"Babies, Berries and Baths","date":"January 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Tuesday night was another frantic muppet caper. I closed down my cubicle at work and ran for the hills \u2013 also known as driving across the Silicon Valley at high speeds to pick up the boys on time. Search and Destroy greeted me at the pickup gate with giant grins\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Destroy"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":484,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/five-pound-fashion\/","url_meta":{"origin":334,"position":5},"title":"Five Pound Fashion","date":"July 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When the nurses originally told us it would happen, Jon and I found it very difficult to believe. Really? Three pounds in a month, we questioned. But Nurse Susan assured us that the NICU folks are experts at fattening up children. Well, today the muppets hit five pounds. Chunksters! 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