OK.... I can finally take a minute to update everyone on the babies progress! We went to the doctor yesterday for a check-up and Peyton weighed 10 lbs 11 oz and Olivia weighed 9 lbs 9 oz. To us they are so big but everyone else says "that is how much mine weighed when they were born". O-well - They are healthy and gaining at a steady increase.
It was wonderful being off work for 2 weeks (winter break) but I have to admit, I was ready to be able to take them to the babysitter and have a little time away from the babies. During the holidays the babies were spoiled rotten with everyone wanting to hold and love on them. It was wonderful at the time but once we were home the babies felt like that should continue and did not want to be put down (EVER). It was quite a task trying to get them back to going to sleep on their own but we finally did it and things are settling down. The babies also got off their sleeping routines and they were rotating who was asleep so we never got a break - there was always an awake baby. Needless to say, we learned a lot over winter break!
Two big things happened during break! The first... We transitioned both babies to sleep in their own room in their own cribs. They do great and we sleep a lot better with them in the other room. The second... Both Olivia and Peyton decided that they wanted to breastfeed. It is a challenge because I feel very tied down having to feed two babies but I have learned that as awkward as it is, feeding them at the same time is the best thing! We talked to the lactation consultant yesterday and she said that everything looks good and the babies are getting enough to eat! It is nice to be able to nurse them but it does make it hard to do anything. They will continue to get formula at the babysitters house because I can not build up a supply with both babies nursing at night. I do think that the babies look at me with a different purpose now but it is ok... I love them so much!
Whenever we go out everyone asks "are they twins"... I just want to say Duh! They always follow that up with "Oh My Gosh... I could never handle twins! How are you doing?" My answer is always "we are doing good". Although there are times when I just want to take them over to Nana's house and leave them for a couple of days, I know that we are very lucky because Peyton and Olivia are very good babies! We get good sleep at night (although if you ask Tracy he would not agree) and they are usually very happy. Peyton has the nick-name of "cry-boy" because he tends to cry in the evening and he is more needy of attention but his cry is still so soft that it is not unbearable. Most nights both babies go to bed around 9:00pm and get up at 3:30am and then we feed them before they go to the sitters at 6:30. BUT...... We get lucky some nights and they go to bed at 9:00 and sleep until 5:30.
We don't take as many pictures anymore since we get to look at them everyday but I will try to make some time this evening to post some pictures from Christmas. It will probably be another week before I am able to get to the computer while at home but I will get pictures on here soon.
They will be 4 months old on January 10th! It is hard to believe.
PS.. we met another couple at the doctors office yesterday who had a little boy who was born at 25 weeks and he weighed around 10 lbs... but he was 7 months old! It was wild to see... but he is healthy just small!
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