Crib TIME and feeding

There is not much that stays the same when it coems to raising twin girls, I am pretty much on their schedule of when they want to do things, play, eat, sleep, cry, be soothed, coo, poop, pee, not sleep at night etc. BUT My one main thing that I do everyday that never changes is that I ALWAYS feed the girls at the same time, otherwise I would be feeding 24/7!

Well last night we decided to try and put them in their cribs for the first time. They have been sleeping their bouncy seats because they have been congested so they need to sleep upright! Well I went and bought a wedge that inclined to put under their sheet so we could put them in their cribs! So this is how theri first night in the crib went................NO SLEEP

We fed them at 8:30 then tried to put them down, they were nohaving it, so we cuddled them and they fell asleep and then I did a dream feed at 10:30, well after this lillianah went to sleep and zoey decided that she wanted to stay awake and eat again at 1:30, so Lillianah all sleeping so nicely in her crib I had to wake her up. So we made their bottles and Lillianah did not want to eat at all!So we put her back down, well this was totally against wht I wanted to do but I cant force feed them!  So Lillianh didnt wake up til 3:30 wanted to eat so we fed her then, but then zoey had just ate at 1:30 so we did not wake her to eat, then ZOey woke up at 5:30 to eat, we HAD to get them back on the same schedule otherwise I would go NUTS today trying to feed them at different times! So we woke up lillianah and she ate too! So needless to say I slept from 5:30AM til 8:15am this morning when they both finally decided to sleep at the same time!!!! Zoey ended up back in her bouncy seat all night annd did not sleep in the crib!

Lets hope round TWO tonight of trying their CRIB goes ALOT betterr!!!

Bumbos, Trips, and Superbaby

My little girls are growing so fast!!! When they went for a weight check two weeks ago from today Zoey was 8.7 and Lillianah was 8.6! But now, Lillianah looks bigger to me than zoey does plus she is eating more than zoey, so we will see when we go for their TWO MONTH check up next week! CRAZY, that my little babies are almost two months old! I  can still lay both of them on my chest and they fit, but I am sure not too much longer will I be able to do that!

I decided to try and put them in their bumbos and see how well they could hold their heads, they are starting to hold them a little bit, I put them in it for just a few minutes to help them gain some strengnth!

Here are some random pics that we have taken here lately!

They are starting to love playin on the play mat, with all the music and sounds!!!

Here is MR KEAGAN! AKA SUPEBABY

 This past week we stayed at my moms for a whole week, I think she was VERY happy that we were there but she is def. a little sleep deprived, and I think forgot how much work babies are, much less two! But I think she had a great time! And WE appreciate all the late night feedings, and soothing that she did!!

We went on walks and hung outside with the babies AND Keagan, Have you ever tried to tackle and 3.5 month old, and two 1.5 months old! Its not an easy task, exp. when they all want to be fussy at the same time! But momments like these make it all worth it!

Photo session and snotty noses

Today we tried to do a photo session with the girls, well they really did not want anything to do with it. But I wanted to dress them in cute little outfits before they grow out of them. Since we dont leave the house and they have to stay warm they just wear sleepers all the time so here is my attemt at a photo shoot.

My little babies have a cold and they are conjested, I want nothing more than for them to get BETTER, so helpless when a baby has a cold bc they cant blow their noses or tell you when they dont feel good! So we have been doing a lot of soothing holding and rocking and trying to put saline drops in their noses to clear a little bit so they can breathe when they eat! So we have had no visitors for almost a week now because I WANT them to get better! Which in return means I have been by myself with them alot, with lonnie at work during the day, but we have got ourselves  a routine and its working!! Let me tell you its work work work!! My job title is 24/7 ROUND THE CLOCK working MOM :) Saying a prayer my little girls get rid of their colds VERY soon!

Mommy's Day

The most AMAZING feeling in the world and best thing that has ever happened to me was the day that I gave birth too my two beautiful baby girls, and now at 5weeks and 2 days old we celebrate the day of Motherhood. I love them more than the 1,467,890,456,230 times I can tell you over and over again. I love when they are sleeping snug against my chest, as I kiss their tiny little fingers one by one. My heart swells daily for the two of them. I love when they make sweet noises and they dont know they are doing it. I love when they stretch and arch their backs and purse their lips like they are blowing a kiss. I love to watch them smile. I love to know that I am going to watch them grow each day into their own little personalitys. I know that Zoey is more calm and Lillianah is more fiesty. I love to love you....

zoey

lillianah

TWO princesses

Girls: They are doing great and are gaining weight like they should be!
                                        Lillianah          Zoey
Born                                 5.4                  5.11
Day 2                               5.1                  5.5
Leaving Hospital               5.3                  5.6
Week Old                        5.3                  5.7
Two Weeks                     5.13                5.12
Three Weeks                   6.5                   6.6
One Four weeks              6.14                6.14
We are working on sleeping at night and not during  the day so we have our days and nights mixedup a little bit! WE have our start of a schedule, we try and eat every 2.5-3 hours during  the day, unless they get hungary earlier. But my one main rule is if one baby eats the other baby eats, I always tandum feed  no matter what. 45 mins before they eat I lay them on a blanket and wake them up so they start to learn that its day time and not night time. There is never a dull mommnt b the time I am done with waking up, feeding, chaging and pumping its almst time to do it again. The little faces that they make at you melts your heart, even the smiles that the are doing because they are dreaming or they have gas, still are the sweetest things you have ever seen. When they stretch and make an O face I could just melt. They stare at the celling lights, like its the most amazing thing they have ever seeen. Just starring at them while they sleep or while they are awake is just simply FAB.

Bonding: Bonding with my two girls was from the first instant that I saw them ( well I dont remember much after my c-section because of so many drugs and pain meds, but that momment I looked into both their eyes will stay with me forever!) There is nothing like carrying a baby or TWO in my case of 36 weeks and 5 days and wondering what all their features were going to look like and then seeing them for the first time. I mean how can you resist these two sweet faces...

 

Status: I am doing much better as far as physically from having a major surgery, but I would not say up to par just yet. My stomach is still hard and distended so I think it looks like I am still preggers, hopefully it will go down soon! Please some one with TWINS tell me it does go down from my uterus being stretch with TWO! I would not say I am up to par yet. I was starting to go a little stir crazy, so I went out for the first time this past saturday with my sister, first time just to go out and do what I wanted in two months, One month of bed rest and then my girls are one month old, it was also the first time I left them! But Grand-mere wellman watched them for me:) Anyways, No one would look and say "Wow you look great,,without following it with ...for having twins...," But on a good note I no longer get up like I am  an 100 year old lady, but it still does take some effort to go form a laying to sitting position. As my abs were completley destroyed and spereated and stretched out who knows if I will eer get those back. I no longer sob uncontrollably just because...well for any reason really. I think have gained my physical and emotional stability which helps with all this chaos and stress!

Pumping and feeding: Pumping requires full dedication on a daily basis of every 2-3 hours a day and that is 24/7 not just day time. Supply on demand, my body will hopefully keep producing even more each time as my girls start to eat more!! As a result of the girls not gaining enough weight in the begininng I am pumping and btl feeding, I will put them on BF from time to time, but for the most part they get btls so I can see how much they are getting and making sure my princesses are fattening right on up! Feeding is the same dedication but its on the girls schedule not mine. I feed them every 2.5 - 3 hours or as they appear hungary, so if its every two hours then that it is what it is, and thats from the start time not the ending time of each feeding!  I think ZOey is going to be my little eater, she always tends to finish her btls faster than miss lillianah!

Sleep deprivation: I have recently read in a magazine that once you become a mother you never sleep as soudly as you did before you had children, and yes I am a FIRM believer of this statment! I jolt the momment I hear the smallest peep come out of one of the girls! The first few weeks I would nod of and be sleepy when waking to feed them or just sooth them but now its like One of them are awake and my body just adjusts to it and I am wide awake, which is very helpful I rather be wide awake in the middle of the night if they are awake then sleepy, it makes feedding, and changing alot easier! Lonnie helps as much as he can with all the night feedings. I think that Men dont suffer from this chronic inhability to return to deep sleep after having a baby or in our case TWO!:) But everyone told me you just do it and as I am learning VERY quickly you just do!

MOre updates hopefully coming sooooon!

Back in Action

Hello friends and Family, I am now back and posting on my blog again, I can not promise I will keep it updated as I used to my life is a little crazy busy now but I will try to from time to time. Firstly, the girls are doing wonderful, they are gaining weight and sleeping alot!! Well they were just sleeping during the day and awake at night, I think they have their days and nights mixed up, which makes it a little hard but its all worth it. but the past couple nights hav been much better. We have a routine of 45 mins before every feeding i lay them down on a blanket and wake them up, do whatever I need to do, so they can learn the difference between day and night and so far it seems to be working, accept last night we had a bad night, but I guess we need to have those every now and then, Being a mom is the most wonderful thing in the world to expereience, Its amazing how easily you can fall in love with something with one look! I love my girls so much! I will eventually put my birth story on here but that is for a later day when I have more time as it will take me w whileee to write! Anywho, I have added some updated pictures of the girls!