you know you need a break when you're lingering at your obgyn's office after an exam just to chat. yeah, that was me this afternoon. 7 extra minutes of adult conversation which mostly revolved around everyone asking how the twins are. :Dthen i think i'm gonna have a quiet night cause joel took the boys bowling and who knows what else cause they were gone for over 3 hrs which usually would be a joy but tonight i just really wanted someone to relieve me of the two crying babies i had. i'm writing this because it needs to be documented and i'm not caught up on the babies' journal to write it there BUT tonight truly is the first night the babies were crying for no reason. lucky me they both crossed this milestone together. i know you're all thinking, "twins! i wish i had them." they will be 7 weeks tomorrow so clearly i've got no reason to complain HOWEVER i nursed them for a good 2 hours at least. this consisted of me nursing scarlett and isaac getting fussy and scarlett falling asleep and then me nursing isaac until scarlett got fussy and isaac fell asleep so then i go back to nursing scarlett...for two straight hours (or more & i know they were eating cause scarlett had her usual burp-up and my bra is soaked. it goes IN your mouth children). i changed diapers 2x during this process and took them out of their blankets and re-wrapped them when that didn't solve any problems, gave them paci's, just cuddled them, rubbed their backs, etc. nothing worked. finally i got isaac calm and held/bounced scarlett to sleep and then held/bounced isaac while balancing scarlett on my lap. tonight i was just waiting for joel to come home but of course he was exhausted from being with the boys for the past 3+ hours. BUT i hadn't eaten, or peed in 3+ hours so i feel more sorry for myself. :D
anyway, still loving parenthood & the good news is i got my birth control today while at the dr's so hopefully we'll just enjoy the 4 we've got.
6 comments:
Oh Sara, I can't imagine how exhausted you must be. I keep fearing how hard it will be with one. I hope you can find a little break for yourself!
Here's to birth control!
Ah, you poor thing. I was overwhelmed with 2 at 7 weeks, I really can't imagine 4. You go girl!! I'm thinking about you. -And the kids are adorable!!
call me anytime! I would LOVE to come help out! :)
awww.. sorry it was such a rough night. That would be so hard.. One is hard enough when their fussy.
If you ever need anyone to vent too, just give me a call.
hang in there. you're an awesome mom.
JK did that the other day, and this may sound horrible, but I had 2 other children that needed to be fed so I put her in her bed and closed the door. She eventually fell asleep.
Good luck, you're doing great!
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