Category: twins

Six Months Old…..

Right after my twins were born, someone said to me…the time is going to fly by….it will be crazy..you’ll wake up and your twins will be six months old and then they’ll be one year old before you know it!!  Well, that happened.  Each day goes by so quickly…with barely enough time to do the essential stuff, let alone any extra stuff.  I can’t believe they are already six months old.  I’m not getting much more sleep than I did when they were first born…but they are darn cute!  They just started eating cereal and they seem to be enjoying it.  Escher is rolling here and there and scooting all over the place.  Little shy Grey has done about four roll overs.  She’s slowly getting there.  I’m afraid Escher is going to be leaving her in the dust soon!  So, here are some photos….It seems like just yesterday they looked like this….

 

 

Stuff…..

Having two babies requires a lot of stuff……and stuff can get expensive.  I finally got around to joining the SJMOM club….South Jersey Moms of Multiples club.  They meet once a month and I’ve only been to two meetings, but I’ve already met such wonderful women!  It is great to talk with a bunch of people who know exactly what you are going through….when you are going through it.  Everyone is always so helpful about sharing advice and tips.  Also, I have been able to buy, exchange and borrow so much wonderful baby equipment, clothing, supplies, etc.  It has really been great.  If anyone out there has twins or is having twins….join your local twin mom group!!

Monday morning…..

Days with twins go really slowly, but go by really fast.  I know that doesn’t make much sense…but it’s just how it is.  I feel like I am constantly re-inventing the wheel…trying to figure out how to do things….that a million other people must have already figured out.  I know there are lots and lots of other twins out there and I know their parents made it through these first months…but it is a struggle and it is tough and wonderful all at the same time.  And the time just goes so slowly…..minute by minute…but the days fly by!!  Figuring out how to get to places on time, getting them to sleep through the night, take naps at the same time, getting everything that needs to be done done while making their needs a priority…..it is tiring!!  When they are screaming and screaming and you need to go to the bathroom really badly and you are on your 20th cup of coffee and about to scream….one of them just gives me that look…that adorable look and it puts it all back into perspective.  I know I’ve said all these things before..I think…but it is all so true.

This morning, I was taking River to preschool and there was snow everywhere because they hadn’t shoveled the sidewalk, so decided we needed to walk in the parking lot.  River was on the other side of the car and I told her to slowly walk around the front of the car to where I was…..when suddenly a car coming plowing through at about 30 miles an hour.  I instantly yelled at River to stop and not walk around.  Thankfully, she listened.  Suddenly, the car slammed on its brakes and rolled down the window.  The man started yelling at me and saying what was my problem.  I told him it was a 5 mph speed limit in the parking lot.  He then proceeded to curse, yell and scream at me as he drove away.  It wasn’t the way I wanted to start my day….but it made me realize how wonderful my life is and how happy I am that I am not that man….and that hopefully, I will never have to see him again!!

Happy Monday.

Patience…..

Patience..it is the word of the second, minute, hour, day, month.  I think it is a word that will be my mantra for a long time.  I’ve always wanted to have more patience..and I’m being forced to…immediately.  One baby required a bit of patience..and two babies require a lot of it!  For me and for them.  Being a twin means automatically learning about patience.  I only have two hands and can only change a diaper so quickly, nurse a baby for so long, rock a baby so slowly…until the next one cries and needs the same thing.  I try to hold them at the same time, nurse them at the same time, comfort them at the same time..but it never seems to quite work.  Yet, when I’m giving attention to one and the other is demanding the same attention..it is so difficult.  I am learning patience and they are learning patience.  But it isn’t easy and there are many bumps in the road.  Especially when I am so sleep deprived.  Okay, let me restate that..our whole family is learning the meaning of patience.  It is definitely an acquired skill……a sought after trait, a craft to be honed…and the more patience I have..the better mother I will be……I’m learning….I’m learning…..little by little….

Embrace the Camera….

The other day, while in the bathroom…I noticed this shadow.  So, while changing a diaper…I do that often..I had Quinn snap a picture for me!  Things have been a bit exhausting around here.  It seems like the babies take turns being the cranky one.  I just get one quiet and calmed down and then the next one starts.  Getting them both to sleep at the same time is difficult.  I think it would be easier if I knew I’d be getting a good night sleep at the end of the day..but that doesn’t happen.  Grey is getting better at sleeping during the night, but Escher still wakes up about every hour or so.  I’m looking forward to the day when they both sleep for three hours during the night!

I am lucky….

Last week, I took the babies to their 8 week checkup.  River came along and was such a big helper.  Everything was perfect.  They are perfect.  And I am lucky!  I am lucky that things are so good.  I am lucky that my two newborn babies are so healthy and happy and growing! I am lucky that all my other children are healthy and happy.  It sounds so cliche, but it is so true.

The other day I went out with my friend for lunch.  I couldn’t wait to talk to a friend.  For some reason, I told her I wasn’t lucky…..that things hadn’t been going my way lately.  I was thinking about the little things……all the little, silly, insignificant things…that seemed to be piling up and turning into big things.  She reminded me how wrong I was..how lucky I am……how INCREDIBLY lucky I am.  And she is right.  I am lucky.  very lucky.

Embrace the Camera….

Today’s Embrace the Camera is all about…..relaxing….breathing…..not an easy thing to do for me…….especially now that I have two 7 week old babies!  Somebody is always needing something…and I never get to get anything done…completely….I’m always being interrupted…….but I’m learning…that it is okay…not to finish everything..when I want to…..Normally I want to get everything done right away..I don’t like waiting!  I like to have everything neat and tidy!!!

I’m also trying to move around a bit more..literally….I have everything I need set up in the bedroom…and that was great for the first few weeks…..and it is easy to spend the day there…..squirreled away….but I get bored..River gets bored…and the babies get bored…so I am trying to learn to bring the babies with me..as I do things around the house.  This makes things a lot harder, and it makes things take longer, and it doesn’t always have the outcome I’m hoping for…but I think it makes everyone a bit happier….

I’m also trying to learn that it is okay if a baby cries for a minute or two….just so I can go to the bathroom or throw some clothes into the laundry!  It seems that as soon as I leave their side..someone starts crying…VERY LOUDLY…..as though I’ve left them for hours and hours!  Hearing a baby cry cuts right through me….

Anyway..that is what today’s Embrace the Camera is about….hanging out in the kitchen..with the babies…..when I haven’t showered and so many things need to be done……(and for once holding Escher….you can barely see little Grey..in her bouncy seat..)