My colleague and dear friend, Leigh, is extremely spontaneous. I never understood why she was spontaneous, until recently. Leigh has 4 teenagers, two sons and twin girls. Her life is rather amazing, and I am in awe of her. She's my rock, if anyone can understand what I am going through, I know Leigh will... plus she is a Pisces, an exercise fanatic, funny as all-get-out, an animal lover, a pediatric speech pathologist, and a proud wife and mother --- people like that are perfect in my opinion. (WONDER WHY?) I have always admired Leigh, for many reasons, and always wanted to make her proud. Now, I admire her even more... I think she knows that though!
In any case, anyone that knows me well, knows how much of a control freak I am. I operated my house in military precision with one child. As early as a month old, the schedule consisted of: go to bed at 7:30 wake up at 7:30, feed three-five times, change diaper with each feeding, etc. (Insert obsessive/collusive behaviors). I cannot, honestly, say I am doing anything of this nature now. For example:
- Ava slept in her crib first night home from the hospital/The twins have never been in their cribs (1 month old)
- At a month Ava ate every 4-6 hours/ The twins eat every 4-6 minutes, 2 hours, all day - basically on demand
- Ava did great with breastfeeding and gained like a little piggy/ Elle eats well but needs to gain even more weight and Easton is in the 7th percentile for weight... (I'm embarrassed to share that, BUT we are trying hard to gain)
- I traveled all the time with Ava/ I get out some days with the twins, others not so much
I've often heard that the transition from 2-3 kids is far easier than going from 1-2. However, since your transition from 1-2 was rather brief, you may be feeling a bit differently about that statement ;) I think I became a more laid back parent by adding a 2nd child. I wouldn't worry too much about the kids' weights. BOTH of mine were extremely slow gainers. Even with only one child to feed at a time, they did not gain adequate weight on breast milk alone (I tried absolutely everything on this earth to exclusively breastfeed...including milk-producing medication, at the breast supplementing, etc.). When you're working your butt off to feed two babies...whether it's breast milk, formula, or both...there is absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about. I can't believe they are already a month old! I guess that's because time flies when you're having fun...and I'm certainly enjoying watching your journey!
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