Have two babies fed, in clean clothes and clean diapers AND get a good picture together: Not quite so doable. But reality can make for good pictures too.
Ruby on the left, Norah on the right.
Ruby sleeping.
Norah sleeping.
Norah
Ruby on the left, Norah on the right.
Here's how they're doing:
They'll usually sleep in 4 hour blocks at night, and they usually wake up, eat, and go right back to sleep. I love you, babies.
Nap times aren't quite as easy to synchronize anymore, it seems somebody always wants to wake up early. But honestly, with nights going so well, I don't think that I have room to complain. Hopefully those normalize/synchronize a little more as time goes on.
We haven't had too many instances of both babies being really upset. The only really bad one was just after my Mom left. I was holding both babies and they were both wailing, and Dorothy had hurt herself, so she was curled up on my lap crying. It didn't last too long, but I surprised myself. When I was pregnant and imagining situations like that, I'd cringe and think that I'd surely fall apart. But when it actually happened, I just sat there, rolled my eyes and thought "Okay, this is just going to have to subside because I can't move any one part of my body to comfort anyone. This will just have to pass." And it did. And we all survived. Now Dallin is on break, so we haven't even had the chance to experience that again, but I feel a little more confident after I handled that one by myself.
Yay for us! We have now kept two small people alive for six whole weeks.
3 comments:
You've kept two small people alive, well fed, and well slept, and filling in those cheeks nicely, AND kept a 3-year-old not just content but happy and learning, AND you kept a husband sane enough to study and pass exams, AND you've managed to do it all without completely going insane*! Well Done, and Congratulations!
*all good mothers are slightly insane- I'm convinced it's the only way to cope and roll with things.
rah rah - way to go. You are doing remarkably well. I am ever so impressed! I love the way you roll with things and measure success in small increments and are grateful for even the small things. No wonder happiness exudes from your home.
beautiful pictures!
It's always nice to realize you actually CAN be in charge and handle things, and that nobody is going to die, including you, even in the rough spots. (I've had to get there on four different occassions.) Congrats on that mommy milestone. :)
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