I was never the most organized person and still I'm not in general. But when it comes to caring for these twincesses, organization is vital to our survival. Jason thought I was nuts when I wanted to have a changing station on the main floor. We put it in our dining room (that we never use) and I stocked it with baby blankets, spit up cloths, extra clothes, sponge bath necessities, and of course an endless amount of diapers and wipes. That is our lifeline folks. Everything we need for the babies is right where we spend the most time during the day. None of this running up and down the stairs madness. We have two bassinets downstairs, a bouncer, a swing, a boppy....it has become Babies R Us in our living room. It's all about the twincesses.
We have yet to use the girls nursery as they are living in our room with us for at least until Mom feels comfortable having them in another room, which I don't see anytime soon. With them being premies and having Kayla on her monitor, I need to be close to them all night. And day. So we have one of the cribs set up in our room. They sleep side by side, wrapped up in their sleep sacs, and in between their positioners, they are not going anywhere folks. We have another great help which is a fridge in our room to store the bottles for overnight, and a bottle warmer, so no running downstairs in the middle of the night to get bottles. It's become a great system and the girls are doing so well on it. Jason and I each take a baby and change diapers and feed them during the night. Sometimes they even go 4 hours between feedings. Others they go only 2 and a half. Love those times. It takes about an hour to heat the bottles and feed and diaper and then because Kayla has reflux, we have to hold her upright for about 15 minutes. I think I've learned to do all this in my sleep!
I think I'm doing pretty well here on my own with them during the day. The first day on my own was chaos at times, because, although having them on the same schedule at night is great, it's not so great when there is one of me, and both are hungry at the exact same time. The screaming ensues! So then I say to myself, "Which one is the loudest?" Just kidding. So now I've learned to wake one while the other sleeps and hopefully feed them before baby 2 wakes up and realizes they are hungry too. It's working well so thank God for that. I don't need to invest in Bose noise canceling headphones for feeding times.
So right now, Jason and the girls are taking a nap and all is peaceful in our house. Until just now a telemarketer decides to try and ruin our peaceful evening and wake them all. Luckily, we're all so tired, a ringing phone can't even wake us. The twincesses and his Royal Dadness are still asleep and Mom can play on the computer a little longer. Life is good!
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