I am typing this on my new MAC laptop, woohoo! While also wearing two babies in carriers on front and back, while bouncing on the ball to get them to sleep. Got to go put them down soon to give my shoulders a rest!
Well, after my last post I finally got a few hours of solid sleep and that helped my outlook some. Ha! We still really need to get cracking on some changes, though.
Unfortunately, in the past few days both babies have caught a gross cold from Emma, and are snuffly, snotty, coughing little girls. Yuck. I wanted to start doing some sleep stuff last night but its hard when they are so uncomfortable and having trouble breathing as it is (I’m getting it a little bit, too). I pulled out TNCSS again and am definitely working on getting them to start falling asleep without sucking (basically you detach them over and over again right before they fall asleep until they just accept it and fall asleep without it). It actually works faster and with less fuss than I’d expect, but at 3am with two babies its really hard to keep at it. REALLY HARD. After awhile, all plans get called off because I just have to get some sleep or I will be unable to function. But, I have hopes that it will slowly work if I just keep at it whenever I can.
I am also looking into getting a chair to nurse the babies in upstairs, as I currently have no option other than the bed, which is really difficult to get them both off of by myself without waking them. We have a regular glider that just does not accommodate the twin nursing pillow plus the three of us anymore. I am looking into something like this, and have a bunch of unused credit card points that I can use to get it. Should I go for it? I think it will be used for a long time after nursing is over for reading bedtime stories and such, or as a comfortable living room or family room chair.
This morning I got up and left the house at 7:30 (!) to go to the twins club sale with Delia. We are members, so for a half hour before it opens to the public we can get in and snap up all the good deals. So fun! I got a playgym mat that I’ve really been wanting, two different styles of baby bath seats that should be AWESOME to help facilitate baby & Emma combo baths, some fancy cloth diapers at great prices, and some misc. clothes that we were needing. I love getting good deals on baby gear!
Okay, more very soon. I have a 4 month update about the babies that deserves its own post.
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Of course you should go for the chair – it looks wonderful and I agree that you would get years of great use out of it for story time etc. Wishing you sleep, nothing but sleep and soon – can’t believe how amazingly well you hang in there!