It has been the happiest two months of my life. I love them so very much. And I suppose, dear sports’ fans that I let you in on their names.
Unter, our daughter who was born first, goes by “Miss Squeaky”. I don’t know where she learned it, but she knows how to speak dolphin. She doesn’t do it all the time. But she is teaching some Dolphin words to our son. I hope they’re not naughty dolphin words…like “tuna” or “propeller” or “SeaWorld”.
Uber, our son, is “Mr. Grunty” it’s kinda obvious why.
The other night, MyBetterHalf went to bed early. A bit later I went to check up on the three of them. Mr Grunty & Miss Squeaky were having a grunt off. It was so very cute and funny. “I thought so too, twenty minutes ago,” MyBetterHalf sighed.
Last night, when we swaddled them up and put them to bed, they were having a very good conversation, cooing and making noises. Using my superior powers of parental translation, it went something like this:
Miss S: “I can’t believe it.”
Mr. G: “Yes, the Swaddler got us good this time. Can you escape?”
Miss S: “No. It’s too tight. You?”
Mr. G: “No. I heard the Swaddler talking to Mommy. He has bigger blankets.”
Miss S: “Oh no.”
Mr. G: “Precisely.”
Miss S: “We got to work at it, I know we can break free.”
Mr. G: “Yes, use your arms” (while punching from under the blankets)
Miss S: “No, use your legs, they’re stronger.” (while lifting her legs straight into the air)
This weekend was good. I had excellent conversations with both of them. One morning after feeding with Miss Squeaky, and once with Mr. Grunty while he was on the play mat.
Tonight was bath night. Which, once the babies are in the bathwater and have a warm wash cloth on them, it isn’t so bad. Until we take them out of the warm water. Which reminds me, I haven’t been peed on yet. Which probably means I gots moves like a cat.
They’re sleeping for longer periods, so we can get more uninterrupted sleep. We are discussing the possibility of every now and then one of us sleeping in the loft, to get an uninterrupted 8 hrs of sleep. We did this once before, I took the twin duties as MyBetterHalf got a good night’s sleep. Made sense. She was exhausted and needed to take care of the babies the next day. I was just sleepy and only had to do office work the next day. It went OK. MBH only checked on us once, “while going to the bathroom” she claims, that I know of. I feel a bit whimpy for suggesting that I take a night off, and kinda feel a bit bad too. But, if we use it as a time to recharge, and come back at 100% then that will be better for the childrens.
The other day, me, Unter & Uber went on a walk at the park. We freaked out a boy. He and his girlfriend were walking hand-in-hand, acting all lovey-dovey…and then the girl saw the twins. “Oh…so very cute,” she said (the obvious) very excitedly. The boy had an “uh-oh” look on his face.
And yet another day, we all went on a walk to the park as a family. It was great. MyBetterHalf was carrying our daughter in a Baby Bjorn, while I was pushing the stroller with Uber in it. Little Unter was very interested in everything she could see. Little Uber was peacefully sleeping during his stroller ride. However, on the way back, Uber got cold, and so I carried him to keep him warm. He got heavy after 10 minutes. And him on my chest kept me warm.
That was nice that you gave "Your better half" time to sleep. have you thought of each taking care of one baby, in seperate rooms? This way you are not having both wake up at the same time?? Just a thought?
Posted by: trina at August 13, 2007 08:37 AMwe want to keep them on the same schedule - it's easier on me during the day if they are waking at the same time and thus sleeping at the same time.
Posted by: Heather at August 13, 2007 09:51 AM