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Friday, April 23, 2010
Monday, August 31, 2009
Hiding Again=)
My wonderful hubby has come home!! I am hiding again in my basement to get away and detox for a few....
You know the feeling...
The twins were cranky today and still are...possibly fighting and being healed of the virus that the big kids have.
My oldest son spent half the day dragging and sleeping in the bed and I haven't yet convinced him that veggies REALLY DO help fight off a sore throat...not to mention gargling. That he thinks is disgusting. My dancelover is also dragging and laying on the couch most of the day....I had to utilize my 3yo to entertain the babes as the sat in boucy chair and swing whining. I took turns holding them till the crankiness edge wears off and then swich....all this while I prayed off the achiness I have been fighting off. God will have to sustain me and heal these kids up b4 I SCREAM =) Oh never mind, I did scream "BLAH" and walked out with my dinner down here....
Now I have a little peace and quiet. Britt is now again handing me a crankpot baby but I am sending her off with directives to change the drenched dribbled tshirt first. The truth is the twins are SOOOOO cute. They are hard to resist even when cranky. Uh oh here they come...gotta go.
You know the feeling...
The twins were cranky today and still are...possibly fighting and being healed of the virus that the big kids have.
My oldest son spent half the day dragging and sleeping in the bed and I haven't yet convinced him that veggies REALLY DO help fight off a sore throat...not to mention gargling. That he thinks is disgusting. My dancelover is also dragging and laying on the couch most of the day....I had to utilize my 3yo to entertain the babes as the sat in boucy chair and swing whining. I took turns holding them till the crankiness edge wears off and then swich....all this while I prayed off the achiness I have been fighting off. God will have to sustain me and heal these kids up b4 I SCREAM =) Oh never mind, I did scream "BLAH" and walked out with my dinner down here....
Now I have a little peace and quiet. Britt is now again handing me a crankpot baby but I am sending her off with directives to change the drenched dribbled tshirt first. The truth is the twins are SOOOOO cute. They are hard to resist even when cranky. Uh oh here they come...gotta go.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
AHHHH!!
I am hiding in my basement AWAY from the kiddos! Need A BREAK....the twins are fussy b/c it is bedtime and the kichen is dirty while the kids finish dinner @ 9pm.... I think MAYBE school is not so bad when we are forced to have a tighter schedule in this house.
I am pleased that the babies are smiling away at 3 and half mos....and squirmy is getting the hang of sleeping for extended hours! YAY. I don't wake her her up when her brother awakes like the books say! I just leave her be! Awesome. I personally would rather deal with one baby at a time. I may get less sleep but it is more sane in my book!
I am pleased that the babies are smiling away at 3 and half mos....and squirmy is getting the hang of sleeping for extended hours! YAY. I don't wake her her up when her brother awakes like the books say! I just leave her be! Awesome. I personally would rather deal with one baby at a time. I may get less sleep but it is more sane in my book!
Friday, August 7, 2009
A 7th new singleton child...the easy way
My older bunch have a new addition.....my 13yo godchild who is here for the summer....there is not much difference between 6 and 7 kids really...EXCEPT for the teen part....
One of my favorite sayings is "Everone should be 10yo". This is way before the hormones set in and the mood swings and the really serious chats that affect their lives....We can still play American Girls and Polly Pockets. Ahhhhhhhhhh refreshing is my 10 yo dd
The good news is we have another set of arms to pass the twins around.
Now I have 4 names to call for help instead of 3. This is truly a win-win situation. I even get to sharpen my teen skills as I deal with attitudial days of my godchild and my kids. Some days I go from really high after our INDOOR water fight (don't ask) and really low after I notice they stayed up into the wee hours of the nite to raid the kitchen and leave the mess for am.
The only other tricky thing about all this is that it seems with teens is that it seems like i have to do more spy work to understand where they are since they are so independant. I can't even tell when my12yo isn't choosing to eat since he doesn't feel like before he goes to play sports outside for hours. I find out once illnesses begin....migranes...ughh
In all these cases alo prayer goes a long way...
One of my favorite sayings is "Everone should be 10yo". This is way before the hormones set in and the mood swings and the really serious chats that affect their lives....We can still play American Girls and Polly Pockets. Ahhhhhhhhhh refreshing is my 10 yo dd
The good news is we have another set of arms to pass the twins around.
Now I have 4 names to call for help instead of 3. This is truly a win-win situation. I even get to sharpen my teen skills as I deal with attitudial days of my godchild and my kids. Some days I go from really high after our INDOOR water fight (don't ask) and really low after I notice they stayed up into the wee hours of the nite to raid the kitchen and leave the mess for am.
The only other tricky thing about all this is that it seems with teens is that it seems like i have to do more spy work to understand where they are since they are so independant. I can't even tell when my12yo isn't choosing to eat since he doesn't feel like before he goes to play sports outside for hours. I find out once illnesses begin....migranes...ughh
In all these cases alo prayer goes a long way...
Liking 3mo Twins=)
Well the babes are 3mos old now and it is getting less hairy=)
YES they are still waking at nite...BUT there is a sense of flow now MOST of the time. I am so glad.....
The smiles they give us are priceless...we like to prop them in their Boppies(TM) and fluff a few pillows behind them. They love to smile and "laugh" at each other....especially squirmy. She is a social butterfly. SO she tries to make eye contact with Lil Guy and grins...it is a riot to watch. he seems to warm up more slowly.
Another blessing is the fact that my 3yo is not being scolded as much for the new baby rules. Yes he still climbs all over and around them on my bed but they seem more durable so we don't worry so much. Also, he gives them little toys they can barely hold. He also gives them MANY MANY kisses to a fault. Sometimes when he finishes with his love pecks the babes are left crying. This whole scene is a riot....fun stuf.
We never wuite got my milk up enough for the breastfeeding so we still use Good Start. They seem to like it and go fine back and forth. The 3oz snack bottles have now been sublimented too with water because it is HOT.
YES they are still waking at nite...BUT there is a sense of flow now MOST of the time. I am so glad.....
The smiles they give us are priceless...we like to prop them in their Boppies(TM) and fluff a few pillows behind them. They love to smile and "laugh" at each other....especially squirmy. She is a social butterfly. SO she tries to make eye contact with Lil Guy and grins...it is a riot to watch. he seems to warm up more slowly.
Another blessing is the fact that my 3yo is not being scolded as much for the new baby rules. Yes he still climbs all over and around them on my bed but they seem more durable so we don't worry so much. Also, he gives them little toys they can barely hold. He also gives them MANY MANY kisses to a fault. Sometimes when he finishes with his love pecks the babes are left crying. This whole scene is a riot....fun stuf.
We never wuite got my milk up enough for the breastfeeding so we still use Good Start. They seem to like it and go fine back and forth. The 3oz snack bottles have now been sublimented too with water because it is HOT.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Feeding Diaper Bag for 2mo Twins
Ok I have issues...
this shouldn't be this thrilling ...
BUT I am so pleased....we have streamlined our bottle process=) I am too excited...it seemed like such a nitemare at first since i was used to breastfeeding all my others. I used to pack 1 bottle for emergencies only.
Maybe I blogged this BUT here we go
We premeasure the powder...into the bottles with nipples, carry 2-3 bottles of boiled water. We purchased a tea kettle that I boil at nite and cool off till morn...this was stremlined from using a giant POT and hoping no one DUMPED it by morn in which case i had to START OVER...uuugh......we also stopped buying distilled water that we moved to once I was sick of boiling. $ saved.....
We still run the bottles thru the dishwasher @ nite so the can dry by am....
Finally, for a day, we pack 4 mini 3oz bottles each babe to tide them over between nursings if we're riding and a 4oz in case we know i won't get to them.
OH and we include sanitizer and a "spit cloth" too!
I am thrilled....now if i can get my KIDS TO STOP leaving it upzipped in the car so the stuff won't fall out...AND if i can FIT all that WITH the regular diaper bag=)
I'm shopping for a duffle bag next!
Monday, July 13, 2009
The TRIP with the twins TO REMEMBER
Well I promised I'd chat about the trip....
Travelling with the twins was quite an experience. We took them on an 8 hour trip with the 6 kids plus 1 adult....I was told it was a recipie for disaster but it went well overall....KINDA SORTA...it is all a matter of perspective.
To pack I picked items based on my moms advise she gave me one day during a 3AM feeding....I must say while I was NOT receptive to conversation at the time I heeded her advice.
So we chose for the twins:
2 boppies -we only needed 1
1 swing that the kids liked the most- invaluable once we went to Walmart to replace the batteries
1 bouncy chair- these batteries also probably ran out when it was packed in the truck.
Too many wahclothes and 4 drying towels
Receiving blankets that we packed in the suitcase that we should have left out for the highway
Tons of hand sanitizer
A special car bag with extra diapers, a canister of formula (supplimental feeding) and a sling
Clothes for mostly cool weather- with only 3 onsies in 90 degree weather, I had to wash. Half the time we just stripped into a diaper...
A fluffy blanket for mom to sleep on (not the twins) Oh did I mention...there was NO FURNITURE in the place we were going?
So the trip there went surprisingly smooth as the twins LIKED the car since it was like their swing=) PLUS they liked bottles, unlike my other children who only nursed and hated bottles.
Before with my others...I'd have to STOP, sit and nurse ever 2 hours and the 8 hour trip would take close to 10-12hours....now THAT used to be frustrating.
Well they DID get sick of the car after a few hours and but it was MEAL TIME....so we relaxed. Due to sleep deprivation we FORGOT the key to the house.....soooooooooooo when we got there it was a nice 3 day surprise. Since the house was for sale it was quite a game getting a simple door open.
Overall that worked to our advantage since we had 3 days and "FRESH ARMS" to hold on and love on the twins....we all got a nice break!
GOING HOME
The ride home was another story...the twins did ok for a bit but I was EXHAUSED b/c they had had one of THOSE NITES and were up from 4-6AM I was sooooooooooooo tired. Fortunately I made a quick cofffee stop which was helpful and we cruised for a bit but THEN oh boy....LOUD CRYING in a contained area....torture! I couldn't hardly think straight to figure out the turn I needed to make.
Thank God we atleast had the DVD player for the 3 year old. So we listened to 3 hours of Larry Boy because he only wanted to see 1 of the choices over and over and over and over.
Then finally when the rain started we stopped for a pit stop to relax at a friends which was the best idea of the day.....the funny part about that was when my friend SAW us caring for the twins she reminded us how much we were doing=) Oh well.
We got home safe. It was a nice diversion form the routine...
Travelling with the twins was quite an experience. We took them on an 8 hour trip with the 6 kids plus 1 adult....I was told it was a recipie for disaster but it went well overall....KINDA SORTA...it is all a matter of perspective.
To pack I picked items based on my moms advise she gave me one day during a 3AM feeding....I must say while I was NOT receptive to conversation at the time I heeded her advice.
So we chose for the twins:
2 boppies -we only needed 1
1 swing that the kids liked the most- invaluable once we went to Walmart to replace the batteries
1 bouncy chair- these batteries also probably ran out when it was packed in the truck.
Too many wahclothes and 4 drying towels
Receiving blankets that we packed in the suitcase that we should have left out for the highway
Tons of hand sanitizer
A special car bag with extra diapers, a canister of formula (supplimental feeding) and a sling
Clothes for mostly cool weather- with only 3 onsies in 90 degree weather, I had to wash. Half the time we just stripped into a diaper...
A fluffy blanket for mom to sleep on (not the twins) Oh did I mention...there was NO FURNITURE in the place we were going?
So the trip there went surprisingly smooth as the twins LIKED the car since it was like their swing=) PLUS they liked bottles, unlike my other children who only nursed and hated bottles.
Before with my others...I'd have to STOP, sit and nurse ever 2 hours and the 8 hour trip would take close to 10-12hours....now THAT used to be frustrating.
Well they DID get sick of the car after a few hours and but it was MEAL TIME....so we relaxed. Due to sleep deprivation we FORGOT the key to the house.....soooooooooooo when we got there it was a nice 3 day surprise. Since the house was for sale it was quite a game getting a simple door open.
Overall that worked to our advantage since we had 3 days and "FRESH ARMS" to hold on and love on the twins....we all got a nice break!
GOING HOME
The ride home was another story...the twins did ok for a bit but I was EXHAUSED b/c they had had one of THOSE NITES and were up from 4-6AM I was sooooooooooooo tired. Fortunately I made a quick cofffee stop which was helpful and we cruised for a bit but THEN oh boy....LOUD CRYING in a contained area....torture! I couldn't hardly think straight to figure out the turn I needed to make.
Thank God we atleast had the DVD player for the 3 year old. So we listened to 3 hours of Larry Boy because he only wanted to see 1 of the choices over and over and over and over.
Then finally when the rain started we stopped for a pit stop to relax at a friends which was the best idea of the day.....the funny part about that was when my friend SAW us caring for the twins she reminded us how much we were doing=) Oh well.
We got home safe. It was a nice diversion form the routine...
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