Today I feel like Superwoman!
After last nights breakdown I needed a break. Upon Jeff’s arrival home from work I basically handed him the kids and told him I didn’t want to hold them again until my shift at 2am - I was so done.
Today these babies were angels! Not only did I shower, shave, blowdry my hair, get dressed, and get the babies dressed we actually left the house! Blockbuster here we come!! Now to most normal people that might not sound like such a big deal, but to those of us couped up in the house day in and day out with crying, hungry babies it was pretty fun. I rented The Devil Wears Prada, Taladega Nights, Beerfest, and The Wicker Man. Hopefully we’ll get around to watching them on the long weekend. FOUR DAYS OF HEAVEN! Jeff is taking Tuesday off of work and can I just say I am so excited it hurts!!!!!! I’m way more excited about Jeff being home for four days than I am for Christmas or my birthday. That is so sad. Don’t get me wrong - I love staying at home taking care of our sweet, adorable, wonderful babies….but holy moly some days it is HARD. Today for the first time since they came home from the hospital I took a nap. Only 30 minutes, but it felt so good. Not only did I take a nap the babies both napped! At the same time! For more than 20 minutes!
He looks so sweet and angelic here, don’t let him fool you!!
That is Shenzie smiling. Today she gave a “real smile” but up until now she did the wide mouth smile. How cute is she!!
I looooove these babies. Sometimes it hits me that they are ours forever. We don’t have to give them back and they’re only going to get more wonderful. We are so lucky.
December 20th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
I can’t believe how adorable they… I hope you have a nice, relaxing, quiet, peaceful and wonderful birthday and christmas.
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:56 am
Leslie- you are at the hardest part RIGHT NOW in my opinion. I was an absolute raving lunatic at this point in the game. Seriously, I am not kidding. I was way crazy. Then at 3 months it got way easier. I swear to you, it will get way easier in just a few weeks. The sleep deprivation is accumulative and it hits hard right about now. I can remember my stupid pediatrician telling me that no one ever died from sleep deprivation. He almost died for saying that to me.
I was thinking about the amount your babies are eating and how often and I wonder if you may be dealing with reflux. Do they spit up a lot? Are you sleeping them in a swing or in their cribs? Are you swaddling? I’m a huge, huge, huge advocate of swaddling. I swaddled mine FOREVER and for some reason when they are all mummified they sleep for hours. It’s when they are startling that they wake up crying all the time.
So my tip for the day, (LOL) is swaddle them till they can’t move and try either jacking up one side of the crib (I just used books) so they are sleeping on an incline or try the swing, and then you’ll know if you are dealing with reflux. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s reflux because they EAT A LOT! They may be fussy and uncomfortable from actually eating too much and having that acid coming up their throats.
Hang in there girl! And sleep when you can!
Michele