These crazy first months

Any one else feel like they are stuck in an endless game combination of hungry hungry hippo and whack a mole with some serious sleep depervation thrown in for fun???
Obviously whack a mole is not meant literally It feels like you get one settled and then the other needs you and then the first twin pops his head up again!!!
It is geting a bit easier but what a crazy life!! If only moms had 6 more arms!!

 

:laughing: That's a good description!! :hug99:

 

Yeah, I felt like I was living that movie Groundhog day. Change diaper, feed bottle, clean bottle, do laundry. Sleep for 15 minutes. Repeat.

I PROMISE it gets better. Do you feed your twins at the same time? For me that was SUCH A time saver. At the beginning I would change one, feed one, then change the other, feed the other. And by the time it was all done, it was almost time to start again. Feeding them together made everything so much better.

And just as they get older, you will see that they eat faster, so that will save time. I know it's so tough at the beginning. 6 arms would be helpful. I would just love to pick them up at the same time! My chunky son is breaking my back just on him!

Good luck!

 

whack-a-mole is exactly what it's like!!

Reyna

 

You still have your sense of humour so you are going to survive these crazy first few months!

 

LOL your description is perfect. I agree, I would love 6 arms sometimes.

 

Totally agree! I just used the whack-a-mole analogy the other day! What's worse, our house is apparently unleveled so sometimes after we finally get them settled in and asleep, the stupid door just SLAMS shut and whack-a-mole fest starts all over again :angry:

 

thats what its like for me!!! unless they both start screaming at the same time...

 

Thanks for the laugh! What a great analogy! YES- I felt like that too. The first 3 months were the hardest thing I think I've ever done. Plus being emotional due to hormones etc. doesn't help either!! But like everybody else says - it does get easier. When I was going through it and people would say - this'll pass Kim - In my emotional state I would want to throw food at them and ask them what do I do in the mean time????? I totally agree with the post about feeding them at the same time at this age. It's what saved me. I was NOT waking one when the other would wake to eat during the night - so yep - whack the mole all night long. I'd just get to sleep again and the other woke. I was getting 15 minute incriments of sleep. OUCH! One of my friends that actually fostered 3month old twins came over and gave me the low down. She's the one that said to get them on the same schedule- so I would feed them both together at night (as long as it was time to eat - if it was poopy diaper - unswaddled etc. I would fix baby and put her back down) It got easier for me doing that. As far as feeding them together - I lived by my boppy pillows. YES - I propped bottles. had to. burped one when she was half way through - she'd usually fall asleep during second half of bottle. burp the other - put first one back down - etc. NOW - they hold their own bottles!! yay! but I'm still "whacking the mole" as now the crawl in opposite directions. It's comical because my girls are obsessed with vertical blinds and want to swing on them. I'll pull one away and the other pratically "runs" to get to them. I pull her away and the other is already back at them. I have to laugh - atleast I get my exercise now!!

 

QUOTE(Nancy C @ Sep 25 2007, 09:24 AM) [snapback]422395[/snapback]
Any one else feel like they are stuck in an endless game combination of hungry hungry hippo and whack a mole with some serious sleep depervation thrown in for fun???
Obviously whack a mole is not meant literally It feels like you get one settled and then the other needs you and then the first twin pops his head up again!!!
It is geting a bit easier but what a crazy life!! If only moms had 6 more arms!!



that's a really good description! I tell DH that I feel like I am on a roller coaster that never stops . . . I know it's getting better, but I could still use some extra arms and a few extra hours in the day.

 

Oh my by 12 wks I thought "alright Lord I can not do this!!" But then after we hit 3 1/2 months really it did start to get into more of a schedule! Hang in there mommy it only gets better!! PS you are crackin me up! Keep that sense of humor!

 

Even at 6 months I still feel like this!

 

OMG that's funny. Not funny haha... but funny

 

haha that sounds just like my house. it always seems that as soon as you get one settled down the other starts in, at least they are learning to take turns already one screams because he has to fart, the other starts in because hes pooping, then they throw up all over because they were pushing too hard. ive tried about everything to get them to sleep through the night, cereal (my mom would kill me if she knew) keeping them up is nearly impossibe durring the day, they just dont stay awake. i dunno im just waiting for this "its gonna get better" part. wow twins are alot of work but i wouldnt trade it for the world. im sure sooner or later we'll wonder how we ever did it and then miss it.

 

I love your analogy. My twins are almost 4 mos old and their nursery is upstairs. Try as I might we still have not gotten the whole same schedule thing down - it is total chaos. I personally have found that trying to get them on the same schedule for naps just sets me up for disappointment; therefore, I quit trying. I am just happy that they are napping every hour and a half for a substantial amount of time. Because their schedules can get pretty off of eachother AND their nursery is upstairs, my wack the mole actually includes multiple sprints up and down the stairs...i.e. one is in the middle of being fed on the couch downstairs and one needs a binky re-insert upstairs. It is really pretty hilarious!

Thanks for making us laugh!
Amy

 

Oh yeah! It's just one darn thing after another! :lol:

In the first months I remember thinking, OK, if I could grow two babies inside me, SURELY I could have grown at least one extra pair of arms to take care of them?

Now I'm wishing I had a bionic back. I am SO sore from carrying them around all the time. The only thing I miss from the newborn phase is having babies under 7 lb!

 

QUOTE(caba @ Sep 25 2007, 01:30 PM) [snapback]422405[/snapback]
Yeah, I felt like I was living that movie Groundhog day. Change diaper, feed bottle, clean bottle, do laundry. Sleep for 15 minutes. Repeat.

I PROMISE it gets better. Do you feed your twins at the same time? For me that was SUCH A time saver. At the beginning I would change one, feed one, then change the other, feed the other. And by the time it was all done, it was almost time to start again. Feeding them together made everything so much better.

And just as they get older, you will see that they eat faster, so that will save time. I know it's so tough at the beginning. 6 arms would be helpful. I would just love to pick them up at the same time! My chunky son is breaking my back just on him!

Good luck!


ditto to this... Caba this is the second ditto that i have done to you in one day... I totally think we are on teh same wave length. LOL