Ok so our last blog updated people where were came from, so I thought I would update you all to where we are now.
Life at the Hospital and since then is seriously flying. Every day goes by sooo fast and before we know it the sun is setting and we are getting everyone ready for bed. Eric is back to work now and the thought of him leaving us was at one point unbearable to even think if but, now that I've had a week with him gone, things arent as hard as I thought they would be. I have my BF Abby and My Mom helping out and they are a God send, not to mention that I am soaking up my girl time with them!!
Days are typically the same unless we try to venture out in the public which is a chore in it self.. I will get to that in a minute.
Days as Multiple parents: Babies eat every 4-5 hours.. Sometimes a little more sometimes a little less. Dipers get changed and they typically go back to sleep. Sometimes it takes 30minutes but most times its about an hour at a time. Babies eat 6-8 ounces a feeding... A can a day in formula. Dipers can be one change but,our Babies like to poop in a clean Diaper so sometimes that is two diapers in on feeding..per Baby. Babies learned self soothing in the NICU so we are able to lay them down and they just sit there, smile sometimes or put them selves back to sleep... Or we hold them a little longer and fall asleep together... :)
Babies are still in our room in their incline seats. (Fisher Price Rock and sleep's. Next Blog will be the Must haves for Babies as well as Multiples and This is one of the Must haves... More details to come) Reason Babies are still in our room 1. They are only three months on the 12 2. I am just not ready to let them go to their own room yet. I feel comfortable having them beside me, I can hear their Every move and I am able to comfort them immediately when needed so Maybe by 4 Months I will talk about moving them over.. Or maybe sooner it just depends on allot of stuff.
Typical day with out Eric home: I get up around 7, take my shower,brush my teeth, do my hair and check on the Babies, if they are still sleeping I get back in bed and either read the news or fall back asleep.
By 7:30-8 the babies start fussing and I try to hold them off till 9 but it doesn't always work. I get up prop bottles and hit their timers. After feeding Allison is usually up, I ask her to go potty and brush her teeth. During that time I will change all babies and get ready to go downstairs.
Babies get put on their boppy loungers and in the kitchen with me so I can make breakfast for Alli. After eating and cleanup it is usually when someone is coming over to help which is usually between 9:30 and 11 depending on wake up time.
At 12:00 everyone eats again, babies and Alli and guests. I make bottles and lunch for everyone, we eat and babies get changes and at 12:30/1 babies are down for a nap.
Kids play time and clean up the house time. I also start e prep for dinner.
Between 3:30/4 the Babies wake up we change them and try to hold off feeding but mostly make it to 4:30 at the latest. By this time Eric should be home, sometimes this works out that he can help with this feeding but that all depends on how the babies were through the day.
After feeding, I wash bottles, finish dinner, we set the table and dinner is down by 5:30 at the latest.
Babies will stay up the longest till bed time. Every other night is bath night and that is like an assembly line. Tub, towel, diaper, PJ's.
Allison gets to play till 8:30, she then has a snack and gets to watch one show before bedtime at 9:00/9:30 which is then: potty, brush your teeth, wash your face. We read a book, cuddle and then bed time.
Back downstairs to get the babies and bring them up to bed. I make the bottles for the night, make sure we have passies, blankets, and timers for all babies, let the dog out for the final time for the night and up to bed.
I might be able to close my eyes by 11:30.. On a good day 10:30. And then the day starts all over again at 4:30am. Feed, change and back to sleep till 7:30/8am trying to hold them off till 9.
Somedays feels like Ground Hog day and others like today feel like we took a mile and not just a step. The Babies all went down for a nap, awake in their Beds and put themselves to sleep on their own. Sleeping for almost 3 hours... Today was a good day!! A step in the right direction!!!!!
I will never ask God why me, I will never not be GREATFUL to God for this experience, because although hard for people to understand... The ONLY THING I EVER WANTED IN LIFE, more than my own life was to be a Mother!! I AM LIVING MY DREAM!! God loved me enough to answer my prayers, not very many people can honestly say that, and I CAN, why wouldn't I wake up everyday looking into my 4 amazingly beautiful children's eyes and THANK GOD!! I get to Thank God everyday for the rest of my life for loving ME!!
And for that I AM FOREVER GREATFUL!! FOREVER HUMBLED by the love and support we have received, forever THANKFUL for MY LIFE so I could have given the gift of life to others..... FOREVER GREATFUL!!!
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