Intrepid Murmurings

There is literally no time to post around here, sorry all.  I have sat down to work on a post at least  20 times in the past few weeks , to no avail.  My "free time" (ha!) comes in 5 minute chunks at most, and if it is longer I try desperately to do things like shower, tidy up the house, make and/or eat food, etc. 

I do get a fair bit of reading/computer/TV time (but its one handed, not at all good for typing!), so its not like I don't have some kind of down time, its just that the time that I don't have a baby or two in my arms is close to nil.  I bet it adds up to an hour or two during the day, but that is still not much.  Luckily, they don't wiegh much and are pretty cute, so its not so bad.   

Nighttimes are killing me, though I suppose it could be worse.  Our current arrangement is Elsie and Delia with me in our bed (with crib attached, though they refuse to sleep in it) and Lonnie in the guest bed, dealing with Emma wake ups, if there are any.  The babies current nighttime trend is to sleep from 10 or 11pm to 1 or 2 am, and then be awake for 3 hours after that.  They will nurse and fall asleep, but as soon as I transfer them down to the bed, they wake and cry.  I can nurse one down from there, but the other cries, then I switch, and they switch.  The 2 or so hours of crying is HARD to deal with!   Its not even really bad crying, sometimes just fussing as they are gearing up, or complaining while I try to nurse one and hold a pacifier in the others mouth, but still, definitely not sleeping.

Eventually, around 4 am I give up and pile up the pillows in a ridiculous arrangement to support them in my arms so they can both nurse to sleep, while I am flat on my back.  It works, but its not all that comfortable and really not what I want to get them used to.  But what else to do?  I think they would fall asleep hard enough to transfer if I walked them around, or bounced them, but I can't do it for both at the same time.  So one would have to cry, for quite awhile, by themselves (they tend not to fall into a sound sleep if the other is screaming in the same room -- and if I go into screaming babies room with sleeping baby, to transfer, that one will wake up again).  Luckily, though, I am able to get a few more hours with them sleeping on top of me, and can even move them down onto the bed at some point when they are in a deep sleep. 

Ah, this too will pass.  I hope?  

On the upside, they are finally gaining weight!  About an ounce a day, which is good, though more would be welcome as well.  They both reached their birth weights again this week (which is pretty late, as they are 4 weeks old today!), and will hopefully continue that trend.  We are supplementing with formula as well as TONS of breastfeeding, and I am still on the meds, which seem to be doing pretty well.  My doctor again reinforced how I really ought to be pumping since I am taking these meds (guilt guilt) but I Just Cant.  Not enough minutes in the day!

They are also getting more alert all the time, and they are doing lots of head raises to show off their strong necks.  They look like little turtles!   I can't believe its almost been a month since they were born, holy cow.  Gotta write up my birth story before I forget!