Time for the change

Well I think the boys are about to switch to one nap a day. All week long they have only been sleeping 20 or 30 minutes in the morning. This makes me sad that they are getting big enough to only need the one nap a day, but it also makes me happy because we will now be able to get out and do more especially this summer. I can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can start going to the park and going for walks like everyday. I haven't been feeling the greatest this week so I've been wanting to nap during their nap every morning, but of course that hasn't happened since they haven't been sleeping. I am still trying to figure out what kind of eating schedule the boys want to be on right now. I don't want to force them into a schedule, but at the same time I want to force them into a schedule. Anyway, morning nap time seems to be over already once again.

Ramblings

So, life is getting interesting. Andy is starting to crawl better now which has been a lot of fun. He is getting into everything (well not quite, but getting close). I am already annoyed with him pulling stuff off the coffee table, taking CDs off the shelf and pulling on the power cords for the laptops and cell phones. He is getting around the living room very well now it seems, but still hasn't really made it out of the living room on a constant basis yet. Thankfully! Matt is very slowly moving forward when he crawls. He moves like two scoots and then rolls. He loves to roll and get around very quickly when he does it. He has also become a pro at scooting around on his butt while he's sitting up. Look out world here we come!

They say with twins there is usually one quiet one and one that is louder and more outgoing. I see this in my uncles and my cousins that are twins and I already see it in the boys. Matt is the quiet one, but he will also be the sneaky one. Andy is the outgoing wild party man. I think Andy will know how to lie very well when he gets older. Matt won't have to lie because he won't have to because he won't get caught. Wow am I going to be screwed when they are teen agers.

Feedings

I am very confused at the moment. I am trying to figure out how much I should be feeding the boys. The stuff from the doctor says they should nurse 4-5 times a day (we do 5). Then that they should have 2 1/2 jars of fruit and veggies and 1 jar of meat each day (we do the fruit and veggie but I'd only been giving them 1/2 a jar of meat because we just started that like a month ago). Then I read something on Gerber's website yesterday that said they should be having 2 1/2 to 3 jars of food (one fruit, one veggie, and one meat) at lunch and dinner and 2 jars at breakfast. That means that according to Gerber what the boys eat for an entire day is basically what they should be eating in one meal (just barely over). I can't decide if I should really believe what Gerber's website says since of course they would make money from making people think their child needs to eat that much baby food. I know I can't increase their food that much that quickly. I thought I was buying a lot of baby food already and now I find out that I really do need to increase their food at least a little it's amazing. I wish I had bought stock in Gerber a year ago because at least then I would be increasing the worth of my own stock while I'm buying all of this food. Oh well, not much longer and they can really switch over to mostly table foods. I can't believe they are 10 months old already. It goes so fast.

Jumperoo fun

I bought a jumperoo for the boys yesterday at that consignment sale I had talked about earlier. Oh my gosh! They love it! I would have bought them a jumperoo a long time ago if i had known they would love it this much. It is so funny to watch them jumping in it. They both act so differently in it. Andy jumps on his tip toes and really gets flying in it (I knew he would). Matt is more conservative about the whole thing and jumps very flat footed. Matt spends more time playing with the toy on the front of it and Andy has barely touched the toy. It is so funny how different their personalities are becoming. I can see in the future Andy will be the wild, out-going party type and Matt will be the shy, quiet boy that no one would ever suspect would do anything wrong. I can't wait to see who they really grow into. I love them both so very, very much. They are wonderful little boys and I am so lucky to have both of them.

Crawling

Well it happened this weekend. Andy FINALLY is crawling forward. Matt also started going backward FINALLY which is really cool. I am so excited!!! It won't be long before Matt is going forward. Matt also made his way out of the living room and down the hall today by rolling. Andy also was trying very hard to pull himself up on the exersaucer from being on his tummy. He could not get it figured out but was very close. It was a busy day in our house with all of the movement. I wanted this so bad, but now I'm thinking what the heck did I want this for.

The power of a comfort item

WOW! I am amazed at the power of a comfort item to a baby. We went to a friend's house for the evening last night and put the boys' down for bed while we were over there. They aren't use to sleeping in their Pack'n play cribs because we rarely use them. When we first laid them down they were screaming bloody murder. We have started keeping a set of Puppy dog blankies in the car that are very similar to the teddy bear blankies they sleep with all the time at home. I ran out to the car to grab the blankies and as soon as we gave them the blankies they were both quite and fell right asleep. I am amazed at how comforting that little blankie was. I think it can really help a child to have something like that. However, you do have to be careful that they are old enough to be able to move it out of the way should it cover their face in the middle of the night. I always thought I would follow the new suggestion of "nothing but baby" (meaning you don't put anything else in the crib with the baby). I didn't put these blankies in their crib until they were 4 or 5 months old. Even at that age I was always going and checking on them before I went to bed and many times found their faces covered. Now, they move all over in bed so I don't really worry about them with the blankies.

Also, Matt started scooting backwards yesterday!!! Until then he'd only been able to roll over (granted he did that very well). Andy has also started doing push ups to try and crawl. He pushes up onto all fours (hands and knees) and then pushed off so his butt is in the air and his hands and feet are on the floor. He still hasn't figured out how to move forward, but I'm sure it will come soon enough. Part of me hopes he doesn't start crawling because that is the beginning of the end.

Consignment Sale

It's come time to start clearing out some of the boys' little clothes. I can't believe they are growing up so fast. I went to put some of their clothes in a consignment sale for this week. I had a hard time trying to decide what to sell and what to keep. I hope to have another child someday so I want to keep most of the stuff I have, but at the same times I have no idea if we will have a boy (I want a girl) or if that child will fit into the right sizes at the right seasons. I thought i could sell one of a lot of the twin outfits, but then what if we would have twin boys around the same time of year again I wouldn't have any matching outfits for them. So I put some basics up for sale that I can easily go to this sale if/when we have our next child and buy back for about the same price I am selling them for. I'm selling a lot of stuff that I bought at the sale last year or that was given to me and the boys never really wore. I hope I make some money on the sale, but if not then oh well. It's so hard to decide what to get rid of and what to keep. Everything takes up so mush room to keep it all and we don't have that much space. For anyone who lives around Omaha I recommend this sale. It's called Munchkin Junction it's at Bethany Luthern Church just north of 204th and Maple. The sale runs Wednesday through Saturday (Saturday is half price day). Check out their website at www.munchkinjunctionsale.com

Eatting out

Well, how do you deal with eating out with kids? I have yet to figure this out. The boys are getting to that age where they are interested in anything and everything on our plates. I hate giving the boys cheerios or anything like that on the table in restaurants because you never know how clean they are. I spend half of my time sitting there sticking cheerios in their mouths so then i barely get to eat. I can't imagine what I am going to do once they really start eating table food. I saw this cool thing someone had in a restaurant that was a rubber place mat thing that you stuck on the table then it also had a little cupped thing to catch the food that drops between the table and your child's mouth. I wish i knew where they had gotten it. How do you encourage your child to make the healthy kids meal choices when all of their friends are eatting fries and drinking pop? I know I don't really have to worry about this yet, but it's still something to think about. I have decided it's pretty nice to have twins because they can split things while they are little. They can share a Happy Meal because what one or two year old needs to eat a whole hamburger and fries. They can also share jars of baby food so instead of having one jar of fruit or veggie at lunch they can each have a half a jar of fruit and a half a jar of veggie.

Life with twins

Well, for the first time today I got a little taste of what life with twins is about to be like. The boys were playing on the living room floor today and they both started rolling around. They kept rolling in opposite directions and then they would get stuck in a corner or just up against something. (They couldn't understand why the wall wouldn't move when they rolled into it and wanted to keep going in that same direction.) Matt actually made his way out of the living room and a little way down the hallway before I went and caught him. They seemed to take turns crying and getting stuck. I was running around like crazy after one and then the other. I haven't really experienced that yet because they always stayed pretty close to each other. I now know what is coming yet it will only get worse as they start to move faster. What will I do when they start to run???

Traveling with babies

WOW!!! Traveling with babies is hard work. We went back home for Easter and just got back last night. The trip is five hours drive time, but of course with kids it makes it more like six or six and a half hours which really isn't bad, but it is long with 10 month olds. When we first made the trip with the boys they were 3 months old. The trip wasn't bad because they slept the whole time and we stopped once to feed them and other than that they were perfect. Now that they are getting older it is getting harder to travel. First of all, they don't sleep all the time like they use too and they want to be entertained or out moving around when they aren't asleep. Of course it's not safe to have them out of their car seats, moving around the car when we're traveling.

The boys were pretty good on the trip down. We didn't leave until 5:00 and I hadn't let the boys take an afternoon nap so they were ready to go to sleep for a little while. They slept for an hour or so then we stopped to feed them. When we got back in the car I sat in the back of the van so I could read to them, sing to them, and play with them in their seats. They were ready to go to sleep for the night after about and hour and a half. The only problem came when we did get to my mom's because we had to wake them up to get them out of the car, but I nursed them and they went right back to sleep for the night.

The trip back was much harder because we were traveling earlier in the day. The boys took their afternoon nap as soon as we got in the car. Then they were awake for the rest of the trip except for the last half hour when they fell asleep. I spent the trip in the back seat trying to two the peace, but all they wanted to do was get out of their seats. I had to try and feed them their baby food on the road which was interesting, and a little hard, but I got it done without too much of a mess.

Some tips for making it through a long car trip. Have new toys (or toys your kids haven't seen in a while that will seem like new) ready to keep them entertained. Have snack foods that aren't messy ready to grab. Make stops every hour of so (if the kids are awake) and get the kids out of the car to stretch just like you do as an adult. Try and find out about your route before hand and find some parks or rest areas that have room to run. Depending on the age and ability of the kids try running some races along the sidewalk, playing a quick game of tag, or playing with a ball (make sure you are far enough away from the parking area that your ball won't roll out in front of cars). You can play lots of games in the car while you travel too. You can play eye spy (finding something in the car and give a clue about it and let the others guess what it is...like dad's shirt, the car radio, a car seat, the window, or some of the toys you have along). You can also go on a color scavenger hunt (look out the window and try and find things that are all the different colors and call out what you find as you pass by). This is a game that can encourage kids to look at the world around them and the scenery in a whole new way. Look for green grass, brown trees, brown rocks, the blue sky, white or gray clouds, the yellow sun, or the color of cars driving by. Just a few ideas, I'll include more as we get closer to summer and the big travel season.

So BIG!!!

I can't believe how big the boys are getting now. I just got them dressed for the day and they now fit into the 12 month size clothes, well, almost. The 12 month size shirts fit them just fine, but the pants are all still too long for them to wear. That is making it really hard to find outfits for them because I can't buy two piece outfits for right now. I hope this stage doesn't last for very long. Their legs need to catch up to the top half of their bodies.

Religion

Well today sucked. I haven't been feeling well today. I don't know any mom does it, taking care of her children when she is sick. I got to feeling better as the day went on, but I really don't know how I would have made it through the day if I had been really sick (like I thought I was going to be).

I can't wait for Easter. We're going back to Wichita to be with my family for Easter. I can't wait. Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. I don't like it for the bunnies and candy , but I love it for the religious aspects of the holiday. I love Holy Week! It is such a wonderful inspiration of faith and reminder of how we should be living our lives everyday. I once heard a quote and I don't remember where it was from but it said, "Do you believe that had you been the only person on earth that Jesus still would have died just for you?" I had never really thought about it like that before, but I really think he would have done that. I don't think that I would deserve that kind of treatment. I wish I could say that I lived my life so that I deserved to be saved by Jesus should I be the only person on earth. I am reminded of this every year and I try to live my life a little better every year so I don't feel so guilty the next year. It is occurring to me as I write this that this year that it is no longer just my eternal well being that is in my hands, but also the well being of my sons. I have thought that I have some responsibility for Corey's eternal life since we met, but at the same time I have always figured well he's an adult and it's his business were he ends up for eternity. But at the same time being joined as one in marriage means that we are both responsible for each other. Corey was never raised in a very Catholic home. He never really learned anything religious where as I had 13 years of Catholic eduction and I have been no better at living a good Catholic lifestyle than he has. Is it wrong for me to only be waiting to be a better Catholic because of my children? I know that being a good Catholic and having a good Catholic role model is very important for my children and maybe God knew that is what it would take for me to come back to the Church. Anyway, enough religious rambling for now.

There's always room for jello

Happy St. Patty's Day! We had my favorite thing in the whole wide world for dinner tonight...lime jello with pears. I gave the boys a little bit to eat/play with. Andy tried it and seemed to like it, but then he spit it all back out (in the form of a raspberry). Matt would not try it at all. I just put put some on his highchair and he touched it then shot me this look that could only say, "what the heck is this stuff?" It was so cute. Andy didn't really play with it but every time he'd try and pick it up to eat it the jello just fell through his fingers and confused him.

I can't believe how many new foods the boys are eating now. They had graham crackers for the first time tonight. They love cheese and yogurt. They eat a lot of crackers, cheerios, and the Gerber puffs. I gave them a couple of bites of my blueberry waffle this morning which they seemed to like. I have to be careful what all I give them because Matt only has two teeth and can't chew a lot of things, but Andy can chew more because he has 5 teeth. I don't really want to give Andy new foods and not Matt so I am taking it slow. I know they are only 9 months old so they shouldn't really be eating a ton of table food, but the more table food I can give them the less I have to spend on baby food. I've tried the whole making my own baby food and have decided I should just give up. It really isn't all that hard or anything, but the boys just don't eat it that well. Maybe I just don't puree it enough or something, but it doesn't doesn't work out like I think it should in the end. Oh well only a couple more months of mostly baby food and then it will be just a little baby food and mostly table food.

Life is funny sometimes

Life is crazy. One day it seems to be going sooooo fast and the next day life is dragging on forever. I started thinking about the boys turning one in two and a half months. I was thinking about what kind of birthday party we're going to have for them. I started to realize that they are almost one and it seems like only yesterday that we brought them home from the hospital. I can't believe how big they are getting. Now, today the day won't end. It's Friday and I want so bad for Corey to get home and our weekend as a family to start, but every 2 minutes feels like 2 hours.

Why won't babies nap on a consistent basis? They sleep every night until 7 in the morning no matter what time they went to bed. Why is it that one day they will take two two hour naps and the next day it's two half hour naps? Of course it's always the days that I want to take a nap that they take the half hour naps.

We went to the park again yesterday. This time we went to a park that had swings so the boys got to try out the swings. They went down the slide again and played in the sand. Andy loves to play with the sand and feel it in his hands. He sat there for 15 minutes running his hands through it and letting it run through his hands. Matt wasn't as impressed with the sand this time. He just had this look like "yeah I've seen this before." They are so cute and so different. I can totally see their individual personalities already. With my experience in daycare I knew they would be developing their personalities already, but they are so different I can't believe they both came from Corey and I. Matt (who looks the most like Corey) totally has his laid back personality. Andy (who looks like me) has my I gotta go and always need attention personality. I guess both of our mothers got what they wished for when we were little when they said "I hope someday you have a child just like you." I guess you get what you wish for (maybe just not at the time you want it).

Moving

Hello! What a beautiful day it is here today. The boys are getting moving (finally). They still aren't actually really truly crawling on hands and knees, but Andy is making circles around the living room. Andy pushes himself backwards and gets stuck under the furniture. Matt just rolls everywhere or laying on his back scoots around. They are both pulling themselves up on Corey and I. They haven't figured out how to pull up on the furniture yet (thank goodness), but they can hold on and even cruise a little if you stand them up on a piece of furniture. The other thing the boys love doing is picking on the kitty. Andy keeps trying to pull himself up on the kitty when she's laying by him. This of course doesn't work since the kitty is just a close to the ground as Andy is. So he pulls himself up to a squat and then ends up flopping over on top of Pumpkin (our kitty). Andy pulls on her tail a lot (thankfully she doesn't have any feeling in here tail). Matt just pulls on her fur a little, but is much more gentle than Andy. I love having twins!!! They are soooooo cute together and teaching each other bad habits already.

Breastmilk supply

I have found an amazing easy fix to breastmilk supply issues...oatmeal. Just eat one bowl a day or a few cookies and some how it increases your supply. It's not a huge increase, but there is a difference. Everyday I'm amazed that I can breast feed twins. I'm so glad I gave it a try. I think that anyone can be successful at breastfeeding if you give it a try. Having supportive family and friends around is a great help too. I do sometime feel a little tied down, like I can't get away for more than 2 or 3 hours at a time. I do have frozen milk that I could use, but the boys haven't really had any bottles ever so they don't like to drink from a bottle. I'm not sure how I would have done at nursing/pumping if I wasn't able to be with the boys all the time, but that's part of why I worked in daycare with them and then also why I started staying home. I know that you can be successful at breastfeeding even if you are away from your child for 8 hours a day, but I've never experienced that. My biggest piece of advice for new moms is stick with it. It will most likely be hard in the beginning, but you can get through it and it will get better.

Getting outside!!

FINALLY!!! We got to go outside today and it was wonderful. We went to the park today with a mom and kids play group. It was the first time I met them and it was fun. There are several kids around the boys' age but all of them have older siblings. It will be cool for the boys to grow up always knowing these same kids. We had a ton of fun. I took the boys down the slide a couple of times and then we sat and played in the sand. Amazingly enough neither of them tried to eat the sand. Andy did try to eat the grass when they were sitting in the grass. After they played in the sand for a little while I took their shoes and socks off to let them feel the sand on their feet. Anyway, it was a great day!!! I am so glad that spring is finally here. I hope that it stays that way, but I'm sure we will get one more snow storm which sucks. Oh well, I'll enjoy it for now.

I'm back!

Hello all! I'm back finally. I'm sorry I haven't been writing lately. I've been so busy for the last month. I don't even really know what it is that I have been doing. Anyway, I am starting a new thing today. I found this website that helps you track your weight loss. I've been trying to lose weight for a while now and haven't gotten anywhere, so I thought making it public like this might help. I have my 10 year high school reunion this summer which I don't really care about, but at the same time I do. The thing that has really brought me to this conclusion is the fact that our life insurance company would not give me as much coverage as I wanted based on my weight. So, before the re-enrollment period comes around again in August I have to take off some weight. Anyway, that's my new thing for today. I know this really has nothing to do with the boys, but in a way it does because if I don't lose weight I won't be able to do as much with them. Tomorrow I will get back to talking to the boys.

Trying homemade baby food

Well, we tried a jar of the homemade baby food peas the other night and they didn't go over so well. I don't know if I just didn't blend it enough or what, but they didn't like it at all. I think I might try it again because I still have some in the freezer and I'll just throw them in the blender a little more before I feed it to them. I can't really decide if I want to try again anyway. There isn't the HUGE savings I had hoped there would be from it. I spent like $1.50 on the bag of peas and got one full ice cube tray of peas plus 2 other jars of food. I decided that it will take 4 ice cubes to equal 1 jar of food so the ice cube tray will make 4 more jars of food. So, I have 6 jars of food which would be 3 of the 2 packs. I guess it is like half the price, but if they aren't going to eat it as well then is it really worth it. I might try again in a couple of months when they are 10-11 months old and will be eating more of the solid foods anyway. Well, it was worth a shot but not as successful as I had hoped. Anyway, more later.

Baby food

Alright I tried it today. I tried making my own baby food. I haven't feed any to the boys to see if they will like it, but there is some freezing right now in my freezer. I decided to go the easy way and I got a bag of frozen peas (I got the steam in the bag kind to make it easier). I cooked them in the microwave and then threw them in the blender and pureed them. I added very little breastmilk that I had from pumping (but you could add water or formula). It is still pretty chunky which I think will be good for the boys to have since they are getting older. Anyway back to the making process. I then poured the peas into ice cube trays (I've heard not to use the white or clear ones because they stain easier) and put them in the freezer. I think 3-4 ice cubes will equal one stage 2 size jar of food. Once they are frozen I'll take all the ice cubes and put them in zip top bags in the freezer so I can make some other food in the ice cube trays. I also have carrots and green beans that are frozen to use for baby food and then I bought a can of lite peaches and lite pears plus a jar of unsweetened applesauce. I was going to buy the no sugar added peaches and pears, but they have splenda in them and I didn't think that would be good for the babies. I was going to call the doctor today and ask about the splenda thing, but I haven't gotten to that yet. I'll let you know how the feeding goes once I feed it to the boys.

Ready or not here we go

Well it is coming very, very soon the boys are soooo close to crawling. I can't wait for them to crawl, but at the same time I like that they don't go anywhere yet. I am starting to worry because they haven't started crawling yet. I know they were born 5 weeks early, but it still seems like they should be crawling by now. Anyway, I think it will be in the next couple of weeks that they start moving. Right now they are still in that stage where every time I leave the room they cry. I can't wait until they can crawl so they can come with me and now that I am still there. At the same time once they learn to crawl after me I will never have a moment alone. I am getting so annoyed with the fact that I can't go anywhere or do anything without them crying. I can't wait until this stage passes. I'll keep you all up to date on the crawling.

Breastfeeding

Well I've made it 8 months breastfeeding two hungry little boys. I can't believe how much they've grown. I hope I can keep going until they are 1 and can go onto milk. I can not even imagine how much I would be spending on formula right now if I was giving them bottles. That is the best thing about staying home now is that I don't have to worry about nursing them while I am at work. I still miss the adult interaction of work, but I love getting to spend more time with my sons. I love breastfeeding and know that it is the best choice for the health of my sons, but I think I am mostly motivated to do it because of the cost of formula. I really think they have been less sick this year because of it. I just can't wait until they are 1 and I won't have to nurse them anymore. It's very hard to get away to do anything. I guess there is a part of me that wouldn't mind still nursing them a little after they turn 1, but I only want to do it like once a day so that I can get away. I know they could have a bottle and I have frozen milk for them, but I HATE pumping so I don't know if I will ever use the frozen milk I have. I congratulations to all of the breastfeeding mommies out there (even if you are nursing just one) it's hard work, but it's well worth it!!! Keep on breastfeeding!

Baby food

Well after having gone grocery shopping last night and spending $50 in baby food alone (for a two week supply) I have come to a decision. I am going to attempt to make some of my own baby food now. The boys are getting to the point where they can eat some chunkier foods and they love cheerios so I feel confident that they will be able to adjust to home made baby food. I am in the middle of researching all of it, but it seems very easy to do. I will however continue to buy the baby food meat for now since they are going to be introduced to that this weekend. I will be posting links to sites that have good baby food recipes and I will keep you up to date. My plan right now is to buy frozen or organic fresh produce (as it comes into season) for the boys. I actually gave each of them a few bites of my banana this morning with breakfast and they loved it! I can't believe they are getting so big. Matt and Andy will be 8 months old tomorrow. WOW how time flies! Gotta go. More later.

Car rides

Over the weekend we took a car trip to Wichita to visit my parents. I love car rides and so far the boys seem pretty ok with them too. At this point the boys seem to sleep almost the whole trip I know that won't last much longer, but for now it's really nice. We just got a minivan so it makes the trip much nicer. I can ride in the back of the van and nurse the boys so we don't have to stop to do it. Then we take turns and spend sometime in the back seat playing and talking to the boys. We have been trying to keep them awake for half the trip so that they sleep at night when we get to Wichita or back home. I am already trying to find the parks in the little towns along the way so a year from now I know where to stop so the boys can run off their extra energy.

A day in the life

Hello again! The thing I have found most important about being the mother of twins (especially when they are babies) is to keep them on a schedule. I very much believe that babies are happier when they are kept on a schedule. I guess I don't really mean schedule as much as I mean a routine. I think it really helps them to know that after they have a bottle they get their diaper changed and then they have baby food then they play then they take a nap and when they get up the cycle starts all over again. In my case life has actually gotten to a time schedule for the most part to (but I am flexible if the times need to change for some reason). The boys usually wake up between 7 and 7:30 and I nurse them. Then I eat my breakfast and then give them their breakfast cereal. We play until 9:30ish and then it's nap time for the boys. Usually they wake up around 11 and they nurse again. Then I eat my lunch and give the boys their lunch. We then play more until 1:30 or 2 when the boys nurse and take a nap again. They wake up between 3:30 and 4 and play for a little bit. They nurse again and then I make dinner for Corey and I. The boys get their dinner around 7ish. We play, take baths, nurse again, have story time and go to bed around 9. Then I finally get to rest. This is the schedule that works for us and we pretty much stick to it. The most important thing I think when you are talking about twins is to feed them on the same schedule! It's a lot easier to remember that the boys ate at 9:30 rather than someone ate at 9 and someone ate at 10:30 but i don't remember which was which. Plus then you can actually get some other stuff done between feedings and not spend all day feeding (but it will still feel like that). This does sometimes mean that you will have to wake a sleeping baby to feed him because it's time and/or because the other baby just ate.

Cold, Snowy Days

Hello! How do you entertain your kids and yourself when it's cold and snowy outside? I have no idea. I am struggling with what to do while it is too cold to take the boys outside. Since my boys are too young to go play in the snow I never get outside. I am going stir crazy staying inside all the time with no one to talk to. Don't get me wrong I now love being a stay at home mom, but I miss adult interaction!!! I can't wait until the weather gets nicer and I can take the boys out for walks and spend time with other people. Well, maybe I'll come up with some creative ideas for little ones some how.

In other BIG news...Matt got his first tooth yesterday!!! Go Matthew! I'll post more later.

Shots

Hi all! Today the boys got the second half of their flu shot. They did amazingly well and I was very surprised. They usually have a hard time with shots like all kids. I have found a few helpful hints for dealing with shots. First and foremost is give them some pain reliever medicine (Tylenol) about 45 minutes before your appointment and continue to give it to them every 6 hours for the next day or so. Usually they will get the same set of shots at the 2 month, 4 month, and 6 month check-ups so if they are ok after the first set they should be ok after all three sets. With twins you should ask the nurses to "double team" the kids. Have them work on one child together and each take a leg and give the shots. Then you can comfort that one child for a few minutes before the other one is done. Other things to consider are that your child will probably be crabby for the next day or two so try and spend some extra time cuddling them (plus you'll probably feel guilty for making them get the shots). Another tip is after you get home put and cold wash cloth or ice pack on the spots where they gave the shots (this will help to deaden the pain and lessen and swelling).

I also decided today that I was sick of lugging two car seat carriers with me everywhere. I know I can't carry both of them in my arms so I left one of them in the carrier and carried the other one. I don't know how I will get anywhere between now the time they learn to walk. How do other moms of twins do it?

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Hi! I am the mom of 7 month old twin boys. I'm starting this blog to talk about this new adventure in my life. As a part of this adventure I have decided to now be a stay at home mom after having juggled being a working mom. If you have any questions about what it's like to raise twins or being pregnant with them let me know and I'll address them.