It's 9:20 a.m. and Liam has fallen asleep on the floor. It's a little early for the morning nap and Owen looks like he has no intention of taking one just yet, but I'll take what I can get. Lately, I can get them to nap in the morning but not for longer than half an hour, even fully swaddled and pacified. Fortunately, though, the nights have been a little better, if you don't count three nights ago when I was nursing one or the other from 12:30 to 6 a.m. straight, often at the same time rocking the second one in his rocker/bouncer with my foot. Last night was a good one even though I spent most of the night on the futon. I managed to sleep three and a half hours straight before Owen woke up (it's the first time in I don't know how long that Liam hasn't woken up first) and then slept most of the time each one was eating. I think at one point I had Liam for nearly two hours. When I woke up he was sleeping peacefully and his brother was starting to make noises in the crib again so I switched them out and kept going. I did manage to get back up to bed for a 20 minute catnap between actual sheets, and I resisted the temptation to take the boys into bed with me since I'm starting to fear that if I keep doing that I'll never be able to get them out.
In other news, I lost one of Owen's pacifiers yesterday (they are color-coded: yellow for Owen and blue for Liam). I still can't figure it out. I was convinced that I had put both of them down on the playmat before feeding them but when I went back I could only find Liam's. My only theory was that maybe it had gotten stuck in a piece of clothing and I put it in the wash. I didn't see it when I put the clothes in the dryer, but I haven't gotten them out of the dryer yet, so I guess it's still possible. I wonder if a pacifier is rendered useless by going through the wash...
We got a second bumbo seat yesterday thanks to my friend Andrea who went to Target and asked if we needed anything. The boys are still a little small for it, but I think it will be very useful once they can be counted on to hold their heads up consistently. I've put them in it a few times when I've been around to make sure their little heads don't flop forward. Here's a picture of Owen enjoying his bumbo time the other day:
One final bit of news is that I took Liam in to the doctor on Tuesday because of some serious goopy eye. Owen is the one who has had a blocked tear duct since he was 9 days old and Liam has never had any problems. It turns out that they have matching blocked tear ducts, except that Liam's seems to be fine again. I think he must have had something in his eye that was irritating it and making it tear more than normal. Oh, and Liam weighed in at 10 lbs. 14 oz. We go back for the official 2 month appointment next Tuesday for the dreaded shots.Ah, as usual, I just got one baby to sleep and the other one woke up. So much for getting a shower during their morning nap.
2 comments:
What exactly is a bumbo seat?
I'm beginning to see that sleep becomes something of a ... focus, shall we say (to not say "obsession") at this point. How are you doing? Do you feel sleep-deprived and grumpy?
Another question, unrelated to this particular post: did you ever have any postpartum blues? How was it?
And finally: I like "Naked Twin Time" as a title. Only in most of the photos the twins are clothed. Just a comment, not a complaint.
Oh, Lori, you asked so many questions and I really only half-addressed the one about sleep. Tomorrow I'll try to answer all your other questions in addition to justifying the nakedness in the title.
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