1 month update

Yesterday, we had the babies 1 month appointment. Actually, it was at about 5wks of age, but all looked perfect! Babies are growing like weeds :) Layla is now 8lb 10oz and 20.25 inches long. Alec is 8lb 8oz and 21.75 inches long. They are breastfeeding well and it was a nice reassurance to know they are gaining well 90% breastfed. Sometimes breastfeeding can be so confusing cause you just don't know how much they are getting!! I walked out of that appointment feeling so thankful. Thankful these twins are healthy as an be, are feeding and gaining well. It's going sooo much smoother than I ever imagined with twins. A lot of my worries were around feeding and gaining weight....I really thought it would be much much more difficult. A big part of the success was that I was able to carry them to 37 wks and they were a good size for being twins. We really got off to a great start. I do think it helps being a second time mom. I'm more familiar with everything and have done it all before!!

My little boy seems to be the noiser of the two- often makes grunting noises and burps much more easily than the girl. My little girl takes forever to get a burp out.... such a polite little miss:) They are good babies, can be fussy at times but usually just want to be held! They rarely seem to be inconsolable, thankfully. We hope it stays that way!

My mom left about a week and a half ago (after being here since April!!!), so I am on my own!! AHHH! I think the biggest challenge is managing my oldest child on top having the twins. Our oldest, Garrett, wakes up early and wants breakfast and attention. Thankfully, my husband has been helpful and gets up with him! Garrett goes to pre-school 3 days a week, so on those days I have to get up and going by 830am. My husband has been a great helper here too- helping get the oldest ready and get the babies into the car. Although, it can be rushed to get out the door... it is nice to get home to a quiet house just with the twins and I for a few hours. It's also good for Garrett to get some socialization and run off some energy at school otherwise he drives me nuts being at home with him all day!!! I do have a babysitter that comes two afternoons a week as well.... so she usually plays with my oldest and I can get a break!! I've even been getting out of the house with the twins- going to the mall and running a few easy errands.

I now am doing lots of online shopping.....grocery delivery is a life saver!!!! Another great thing I found is amazon mom. It's a club on amazon and you get 30% off certain baby items. We get 30% off our diapers and wipes. You have to set up a subscription to get the 30% off... you set up a quantity and frequency for delivery which you can change at any time. The delivery is also free :) We really need this saving since we use about 16 diapers per day!!!

We had a photo shoot done when the twins were about 2wks old. The photos turned out just gorgeous!!! Here are just a few of them:

My due date!

Today was my due date for the babies!!! I can't imagine being pregnant to 40wks with twins, I would have been sooo uncomfortable and HUGE! The little ones are almost 3 weeks old now and things are going great. They both weighed 6lbs even at their one week appt and 6lb 8oz (boy) and 6lb 7oz (girl) at their two week appt.... so pretty much back to their birth weights. Their Dr is so pleased on how healthy they are for twins... no complications from being a twin gestation at all.... just perfectly healthy babies!! Such a blessing!
They are 90% exclusively breastfeeding. Feeding has been going way better than I ever imagined it to. I struggled to breastfeed my oldest but was able to after a month of hard work to get him to latch. So I was expecting much more challenges this time around especially with two! But they've both latched on well, I feed tandem majority of the time and it's going very smoothly. To get more sleep during the night we give them a bottle of formula around 11pm and since formula doesn't digest as easily they sleep longer.... they usually wake around 5am. I get up and feed them then- it takes about 45min to breastfeed and change their diapers. Then we sleep another 3hrs.... fortunately my mom is still here to deal with my oldest who wakes up pretty early. It's going to be a lot more challenging when my help leaves and I have all three kids to take care of. But it's nice to get the rest now while I can and while my body is still healing from major surgery.

Here's some photos from the hospital. I think this was when they were about 3 days old....