The twins are here!!

[tricia]

Hello all you wonderful people, I hope you had a great Christmas and holiday!

I wanted to log on real quick (and I mean quick!!) to let you know that I had the twins on December 19 at 1:19 pm and 1:20 pm. Philip Anthony was born first and Marissa Anne came shortly after. Philip weighed 6 lbs 4 oz and Marissa weighed 4 lbs 13 oz. We are all doing well, just trying to get them back to their birth weight, so feedings are on the heavy rotation right now. I also wanted to say that even though I had a C-Section, I have been feeling great. My OB was amazed at how well I'm doing as far as mobility and pain. I didn't take anything but Ibuprofin so far for pain and am pretty amazed at how easily I'm getting around compared to my daughter's birth 2 years ago. Now I can't wait till I get my new workouts and am able to do them!!

I hope everyone is progressing well and welcome to all the babies that I didn't get to read about while been offline!!

Take Care,
Tricia

 

[dcat]

Congratulations, Tricia -
Wow, you are busy! It's great to hear you are doing so well after the c-section. A warm welcome to your two precious little ones!
Diana
Nora born 8/23/04

 

[autumn]

Congratulations!!!! I bet you had an extra special Christmas!! Nice sized twins!!!!!!

Take care of yourself! Get plenty of rest! (it just cracks me up when people say this to new moms . You know what I mean... rest when you can. Eat well! Love those new babies!!!!!!

I am so happy for you! Enjoy your holiday!

 

[wendymin72]

Hey Tricia!

I'm new here so I'm sure that we've never "met" but CONGRATS!

That is wonderful news and what a wonderful "gift" around the holidays! I'm sure you are keepin' real busy these days....just try to get some rest in there and check in when you have a free second!

Cheers!

~Wendy~

We don't stop laughing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop laughing...Put more laughter into your life.

 

[Jennifer V]

Congratulations!

I hope you have lots of support around you as you heal and rest (rest? with twins?) ;-)

Happy New Year!:+

Jennifer V.

 

[tricia]

Thanks everyone! I am doing what I can to rest as much as possible, but with a two year old it is interesting!! But she loves "our babies" and is doing great with the transition.

Warm wishes to you all, it has definitely been a happy holiday at our house!


Tricia

 

[mkauppil]

Just wanted to say congrats to you and your family! I'm also a mom of twins (2 1/2 yo now). My son was 3 years old when the girls were born. Your post reminds me of those first few weeks after they were born. Congrats again!!!

Michelle

 

[tricia]

Any tips, Michelle?

Hi Michelle,

I'm wondering if you have any advice regarding my 2 year old - I want to make sure my focus isn't always on the twins and off of her. I just don't know how to involve her at this stage since they are so small and there's not much she can do with them yet! She seems very bored sometimes and I feel bad when she wants me to come play but I can't because I'm nursing one of the babies. Any tidbits of how you handled the pull in two(or three!) different directions would be greatly appreciated!! It is nice to know someone out there can relate to where I'm at!!

Take Care,

Tricia

 

[EricaH]

Congratulations!

I also had an older child at home when my twins were born - my son was a little older than your daughter though. He was 3 when they were born. It was very hard for me to deal with all 3 kids. I felt like I could deal with the twins well, or I could deal with him well, but all 3 left me very overwhelmed. Like you said, you're pulled in 3 different directions. The worst part for me was when I would be lucky enough to get both twins sleeping at the same time, my 3 year old would want to play and I desperately wanted to sleep! I felt sooo guilty if I didn't play with him and give him some one-on-one time.

One thing that helped me a lot was to just keep telling myself that I was doing the best I could. It was so frustrating to give 100% and feel like it wasn't good enough. I had to lower my standards on everything a lot - housekeeping, cooking, etc. and I let my older son watch a lot of tv the first few months. Normally, I'm very strict about tv viewing, but it kept him happy and occupied. If there are grandparents close by that can help out, definitely take advantage of that. My in-laws used to take my older son one day a week and he had a great time and it made my day much easier. I was also lucky that my husband was happy to help out as much as possible.

Do you have one of those nursing pillows? If so, you have your hands free when nursing and could still do some things with your daughter - reading, maybe coloring?, etc.

Good luck! It's rough at first, but it gets so much easier when your kids get older and start playing together. The close age range is wonderful because the kids can do so many things together and have similar interests.

Erica

 

[melanalyus]

RE: Congratulations!

Wow! Twins! And a boy & a girl--one of each. I"m green with envy. I"m so happy for you. Congrats!!!!

 

[mkauppil]

RE: Any tips, Michelle?

Hi Tricia,
I agree with Erica's post that you that you can only do as the best that you can under the circumstances. In many respects, I had things easier because my son was in pre-school/daycare during most of the day. He had been going to the same place since he was 11 weeks old and just continued while I was on maternity leave with the twins. Anyway, my dh was a great help the rest of the time and spent a lot of time with our son while I was nursing the twins. When my in-laws were in town, they also spent a great deal of time with my son. I tried to make sure that I had at least one good period of one-on-one time with my son each day. We did a lot of bottlefeeding in the beginning and he helped out some by holding the bottle for one of his sisters. Is your 2 year old able to help you out with some little things like getting diapers for her siblings? Do you have your twins on the same schedule for nursing? I fed my twins on the same schedule...one right after the other. I never got comfortable enough to nurse them at the same time but that would have been an even better time saver.

Hang in there. Things will get easier before you know it. It's amazing how fast those first few months go by and you will have more time with your 2 year old. I can't believe that my daughters are already 2 1/2!

Michelle