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Hi everyone,haven't been on all that much, but do think of you all and hope your well?
Congrats Happylea! a gorgeous boy. x
Trying to catch up with al the posts but not getting far! Had an awful past 6wks or so with girls having colic, reflux and constipation. Changed their baby milk a few times and now have baby gaviscon, Fx it works. They were so settled until 6wks old and now at 12wks they are still unsettled. Changed milk yest and started gaviscon, so please let this work it's such a wee shame!
Mocha, I have new found respect for mums of twins, when I was pg, don't think I thought it would be quite as hard, esp since they were so good the 1st 6wks. A first time mum of twins like yourself, what alot to get ur head around! My MIL is my hero now!! She had the same as me, a 9yr old, 5yr old and then twins and my FIL (who I've never met) left her for another woman and bankrupt!! So she did it all alone. She had 3 jobs and 4 kids, so I've always respected her, but even more so now!! Her sister (10yrs older than her) would sit with the kids while she cleaned houses and schools and worked in her dad's green grocers. And I moan that I'm shattered with 4 kids, Dh about and no work until October! shame on me!
Hope u are all well? Our school summer hols started today! 7wks of rain no doubt!!! hate UK weather, poor kids stuck in most days. I've felt very lightheaded recently, think I'm exhausted but getting me a bit worried. BP ok wonder if blood count low?? really need to see doc about it, but feel like I've been there alot recently with my wound infection then pains I had internally. Know I should go as I also have a breast abcess which I have cream to treat myself (get them now and then, but alot worse after a pg).
Take care xx
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Inglewood - I've never been able to decide which is harder - having your twins first or AFTER other kids. One benefit of having them first is having two babies was my 'normal'. I'd never had the experience of caring for only one baby, so I just accepted it for what it was. I think people like you probably have a harder time of it because you have other children who need your love and attention - I was able to completely absorb myself in my twins' world for the first couple of years. One thing I will say: after having twins then going on later to have a singleton, singletons seem soooooo easy. I remember going around saying 'what are people complaining about with one baby?? It's so easy!' :bigsmile:
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Auroara - my ds3 is a little troublemaker. I think it may just come with the territory when they have older siblings to emulate. My ds3 has done everything earlier, which means he's a daredevil. He also has a knack for finding trouble. If there's a plastic bag, he'll put it over his head. If there's an unattended glass of juice on the table, he'll pour it all over the table just for fun. I'm hoping now that he's 3 he'll start to calm down a little. Thankfully, he'll be in preschool 3 mornings a week by the time the baby is born.
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That will be nice so you can have more time to give to baby girl Sadie! I swear, sometimes I wanna put DS2 by the road with a sign saying "cute baby for sale" and leave out all the details! LOL (Of course I would never do that...)
We had a huge storm here and we don't have power for 3 days in my house (I'm at work atm), and my kids are staying with their great-grandma who does have power, so it's been my DH and I alone for the last few nites and that's been interesting....without his computer (which he is so attached to), we've been eating out since we can't cook, then coming home, hanging out on the porch, looking at stars and talking...he is quite chatty when there is no power!!
It was quite romantic....while I am really misisng having power (going out to eat every nite sucks after a while, I miss my oatmeal in the mornings! and just his homecooked meals), it def. makes you slow down and take notice of life more when you don't got a million distractions....
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Hobbers, my husband really is changing now that he can't drink anymore. He's more thoughtful and generally of course better with the kids! Once in a while though, he'll get in one of his 'woe is me, i cant drink anymore to relax' moods and then he'll just hermit up for a few hours, but overall, I think he is a much more stable man than he was, and I'm tickled pink that it's happened to him (not that I wish a health problem on him....but it's serious enough to change behavior, but not immediately life-threatening...he'd have to drink again to have future problems with it.)
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No power, Auroara? That's crazy! Sounds nice to have that quiet time with your DH, though. Do you miss your kids?
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auroara - that sounds like a lovely way to reconnect with your dh! I swear, my dh and I barely exchange a word other than to make arrangements for kids - being forced to slow down like that would probably be good for us.
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It's been romantic and pretty hot n heavy if you know what I mean...
I do miss our kids, but this time together has been so nice, it's been like a couple vacation, kinda of. Looking at the stars, talking, taking walks in the dark looking around our neighborhood...it's been cozy in a nice way, frustrating though in others (I am so tired of going out to eat..I miss my hubby's home cooked meals).
He also keeps saying how mcuh he misses our kids, or talking about the cute things they do in the daytime when I'm at work...it's like a whole new side of him. I'm torn between whether I want the power back on tonight...its supposed to come back tonight or (tomorrow at the latest....)
Well if I were going to be honest, I really, really miss my lovable DS1....I *miss* DS2 as well, but I don't miss chasing him around every 2 seconds and being exhausted pregnant and trying to make sure he's not killing himself. So I def. miss his cute little babyness just not all the destruction he's doing right now.
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Me too Mocha. DH works such long hours that I think my Mum knows more of what I am up to than he does. And now he has a cold, (geez men are hopeless when they are sick), so he is grumpy when he is around. I wanted to talk to him last night about the 20 week scan but there just didn't seem any point. I want him to tell me he is excited, or something positive about the baby, but he just whinges about his work.
How is your Dad doing?
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My dad's still hanging in there, thanks for asking. At this point it's just palliative care, but he could hang on for a week or several months - there's just no way to know. We're going for another visit this weekend.
