Time Flies!

Wow how time flies by! The twins are almost 15 weeks old! We started sleep training this past weekend...man, it's rough sometimes. O has been steadily rolling over from his tummy to his back and gives big smiles afterwards as if he's saying "look what I did!". His smiles just melts heart and I can't get enough of them. F is almost there. She gets stuck on her side--hasn't quite figured out how to move her arm so she can finish rolling over. You have to work a little harder to get smiles out of her, but when you do, she's a grinning machine :) I am so loving this age as they're becoming more interactive and starting to grab toys. They both love Vegas (aka activity mat) which is full of flashing lights and sounds. Hence it's name :) plus its fun to say, "hey baby, lets go to Vegas!" I went back to work three weeks ago and they have adjusted great to daycare. Their teachers love having twins and everyone knows us since we're the baby twins :) there is an older set if twins that are 4, so we aren't the only ones. Ok, gotta go wake up O to eat.

Two months (and one week)

Wow, our monkeys are two months old! How time flies! They go for their shots tomorrow morning...not looking forward to that :( I'm anxious to see their stats and how they've grown in the past month.

We're working on getting them to nap in either the pack n play or their crib so they get used to sleeping horizontal. F has been doing much better than O and I'm not sure why. Maybe because she loves her pacifier and it instantly soothes her? Maybe I should introduce O to his security blanket we got for him--a lion :) we didn't want everything to be monkey themed.

I'll post more tomorrow after their appointment!

7 1/2 weeks

Did I really just type in 7 1/2 weeks?! Wow how time has flown by. The monkeys are growing everyday--they are becoming so aware of their surroundings and noticing bright colors and noises. The gripe water was a bust. They became so fussy and constipated, we went back to gas drops. Much better but we started giving F apple juice to help with the constipation and to see if she poops better. Ok gotta go to bed.

One Month (and 2 days)

Our little monkeys went in for their one-month appointment 2 days ago. F has gained two pounds from her birth weight! She now weighs 7 pounds, 6 ounces and is two inches longer! O is almost two pounds over his birth weight. He now weighs 8 pounds, 4 ounces and is an inch and a half longer. Both were in the 25-50th percentile for height, weight and head circumference, which we are thrilled about. Both are now on soy formula and are doing well. F seems to be a bit grassier, so we are going to try gripe water to see if that works better than the gas drops.

4 weeks old

Wow, hard to believe our monkeys are four weeks old already and will be one month old in two days. I'm looking forward to their one month appointment only to see how they've grown! We've switched F to soy formula two days ago and she's definitely been gassier. We got gas drops today and have been giving them to both to see if that helps as soy formula tends to cause more gas. O has been doing well with tummy time and definitely has the stronger muscles of the two--we're working on hers. Ok, gotta feed now and more later!!

They're Here!!!

It was a boy and a girl!!!! Baby F (girl) arrived at 9:39 am and Baby O (boy) followed at 9:41 am on the 15th. Both are healthy. We were discharged two days later and both DH and I got sick the first week they were home--not fun! My mom stayed with us that first week to help out and I think that's the only reason I stayed sane! :) we think baby O may have a milk allergy so he's been switched to a soy-based formula and had been doing much better. My milk hasn't come in yet and I've been pumping and getting less than an ounce combined from both breasts. The lactation consultant said ivf meds plus my thyroid issue can cause this, or my body just won't produce milk. Since it did so well being pregnant with twins, I'm ok with this.

T minus 5 days

This is my first post from the phone, so we'll see how it goes. Twins are set to arrive this Saturday. I've been having NST's the past three weeks and they've been passing with flying colors. Blood pressure has been elevated a little but not too high where they're worried. Whew! Until next time, monkeys will be here!