The Twins are 10 Days Old!

I know, I have not been a very good poster lately. Pur lives have been turned upside down ever since the twins were born! So it has been 10 days sine they arrived. Let me ee if I can break it down as to what has been happening. Everything went great in the hospital. It was so great to have the nurses there to help me. After having a C-Section, it is really hard to move quickly! I had the best nurses! We came hom on Sunday, March 1st. My parents and Tim's parents came over to help us get settled. That was really nice! Lynn and Ronny did some gardening for us and my dad put together the cradle and my mom helped me wash some things. My mom and Lynn helped me in the baby's nursery to get organized and they changed our bed. Always nice to have clean sheets. They did all this while holding babies too.

The next few days, it was just the 5 of us at home. It went pretty good. Tim was able to be off for a few more days so he helped around the house while I cared for the babies. We took them to their first Dr. appt. on Wednesday. Everything looked good except for their weights. Their discharge weights were lower than the usual 10%, so that was not good. When we went to the Dr. Vanessa weighed 4 pounds 15 ounces and Nicholas weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce. Dr. was not happy about this. So we had to go back Friday. Yesterday my mom took us all to the Dr. to check their weight. Vanessa weighed 5 pounds 1/2 ounce and Nicholas weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces. So the each gained. They should be gaining about an ounce a day. We are having the hardest time feeding Vanessa. We have to undress her and feed her naked. Plus I use a washcloth to wake her up and the lights need to be on in the room. It is quite an ordeal. We have tried changing the bottles and nipples. Tried different flows of nipples, used a medicine dropper to feed her like a bird. It is so frustrating at night! Last night was awful. She didn't eat hardley anything except 1/2 ounce. She should be taking 2 ounces every two hours. We may be taking her back to the dr. today. She has to eat!

Sarah is doing quite well. She is a very good helper. She is being very patient too for a 4 year old. She sleeps through all the commotion at night too! She still goes to school Tuesday and Thursdays. Which is a life saver for both of us! It has got to be so hard for her having two new babies in the house.

I will try to be better at updating the website. I will even put pictures on it soon.