Brain Stew

I heard the song "Brain Stew" by Green Day today and it seemed fitting.  "I'm having trouble trying to sleep...The clock is laughing in my face...Passed the point of delirium".  That babies didn't have a good night last night.  I had first baby duty, but it didn't really matter.  They went to bed at normal time, but it took a while to get them to sleep.  Carter spit up twice and we had to change his outfit before he would finally go to sleep.  Aubrey woke up around 9:30.  I tried to plug her with her paci, but it only worked for fifteen minutes or so.  Her cries got progressively louder until she woke up her brother.  So we both had to get up and feed the babies around 10:00.  Aubrey then got up again around 2:00.  She went back to sleep for another thirty minutes after plugging her with a paci.  I am so ready for them to sleep through the night.  I didn't want to get out of bed in the morning.

We always alternate who gets up with the first baby each night.  This way we have a chance to sleep all night if one baby decides to cooperate (it happens from time to time).  We did the same thing with Calvin and Brayden and it worked quite well.

Erin decided to pick up two Fisher Price Classic Doodlers today for the boys.  They play with one at daycare and they definitely were excited to play with them when we got home.  As a matter of fact, I don't think they ate any of their dinner because they were busy drawing.  They didn't even eat any of dada's dinner.

Aubrey was actually asleep for the first thirty minutes or so when I got home with the kids.  I can remember when we only had Calvin and Brayden and we would hope that they would sleep for thirty minutes or so when we got home so that we could eat dinner before feeding them, holding them, playing with them, etc.  Carter and Aubrey are almost never asleep when we get home.  I guess at this point we're used to it.

We also had no idea how we were going to manage with four little kids before Carter and Aubrey were born.  Actually, I think this lasted for the first month after they were born too.  We even considered hiring someone to come over and help out on weekday nights.  Now it seems kind of silly, but you never know what to expect.

I don't know if we were better prepared for the second set of twins, but it is easier than the first set.  No one ever adequately warns you about how hard it is to have a kid.  And not many people have the experience to warn you about how hard it is to have twins.  The best advice I could give to expecting parents is to forget what their life was like before kids.  Your life becomes your kids.