It's hard to believe the twins are one month old already! So far, we have been blessed with two really good babies. Thanks to the NICU, they have been on a nice three hour schedule during the day and at night we usually get one 4 hour stretch. We have also been lucky that they go right back to sleep after their nighttime feedings. I know many moms do the night feedings alone, but I'm so lucky that Justin helps with the midnight feeding. I do the 4:00 feeding by myself so he can get some sleep before work. It takes about 40 minutes to change, feed, and pump (we save the cleaning up for the morning). I've become pretty good at feeding two babies bottles and pumping! Sometimes I feel like I have triplets because I have to pay so much attention to my friend, Medela (my pump). At times I think about how much easier it would be to just give them formula, but then I remember the many, many benefits of breastmilk (and the cost of formula!) and I remember why I'm doing this. Plus it is the best weight loss plan ever!
The twins are starting to have more awake time and their personality differences are already becoming evident. Lauren has a sassy, "you won't sleep through this," cry, while Caleb's cry starts out as more of a whimper and then escalates. Lauren is so observant when she is awake and doesn't miss a thing. I rememeber one of the neonatologists in the NICU noticing this and speculated that she would make a good journalist one day. Caleb is more of a snuggler and is very laid back. However, before they were even born, I knew Caleb would be the calmer of the two-Lauren spent the last two months kicking my left ribs (I swear she bruised them!).
We haven't ventured out too much with the exception of a doctor's appointment to check their weights. With them being preemies we are trying to keep them out of public as much as possible with flu and RSV season here. Our double stroller will work great when we do decide to go for a walk or hit the grocery store or mall.
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