Babies woke up a number of times before midnight. Aubrey threw up so she needed to be changed. Fortunately we use sheet protectors and fortunately that's where she threw up. I didn't have to change the sheet, I only had to take off the sheet protector. Carter got up around 12:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep. I tried giving him a paci and holding him, but it wouldn't work. Erin ended up feeding him and then he went to sleep. Aubrey slept through the night again. We just need to get Carter sleeping through the night and we'll be alright.
Fall backwards (daylight savings) threw us off a little bit. The kids got up at 6:30 which was now 5:30 thanks to daylight savings. It's always a pain to go around and make sure you have changed all the clocks. Fortunately computers and phones reset automatically.
Calvin wanted baby food again this morning. Instead of eating it he seemed to enjoy watching his baby food spill all over the floor. So we took it from him and cleaned up the floor. Fortunately most of it got on the hardwood and only a little got on the carpet.
The boys ate lots of dada's french toast sticks this morning. Then Calvin ate more of his pancakes after he dipped them in dada's leftover maple syrup. We tried giving them their own syrup before, but that just ended in a sticky mess. Letting him mop up the little that was left on the plate worked out okay though.
For some reason the babies love it when I blow my nose. They get the biggest smiles on their faces. I remember that Calvin and Brayden did the same thing when they were babies. Anything to get a smile.
At Wal-Mart today we met a lady that had seven year-old quadruplets. Which begs the question, what is harder? Two sets of twins within 18 months of each other or quadruplets? I would think that quadruplets would be harder for the first few months because you would be doing nothing but feeding and changing babies. It might be a little easier as they get a little older because they would all be immobile at the same time. At this age, with the boys being two years-old and the babies seven months-old it is quite a bit easier than it was at first. One thing I know is that her kids were all over the place and not well behaved. If that's what you get with quadruplets then I'm glad we have two sets of twins (regardless of which is harder).
The checkout lady asked if we get tired of people commenting on having two sets of twins. I told her that it can sometimes be annoying depending on what people say. I said normally we don't mind the comments. The only time it really gets to us is if we're in a hurry and complete strangers want to stop and talk to us. I realize that we're an easy target and an odd case, but sometimes it would be nice to not get the comments.
"What happened?" "Made a mess." That was a conversation that I had with Calvin when I walked into their room when they woke up from their nap. They wanted crackers when they went down for their nap so I obliged. Ritz has these great snack size stacks so I opened two and gave them each one. Apparently they decided to have a cracker throwing war before they went to sleep. Nothing a little vacuuming didn't fix.
We noticed that Calvin wasn't his normal self after getting up from his nap. He just sat on the couch with mama for a while. Then he got up to get a drink and he threw up on the kitchen floor (at least it's hardwood and easy to clean). Calvin threw up a whole bunch of times tonight. Must have been at least a dozen times (no exaggeration). We got a couple of little containers to use as puke buckets. He did very well and got it in the bucket each time. I am not very good at dealing with the smell, but I was proud of myself. I only gagged once. I sat on the floor with Calvin for about an hour and a half just holding him and cleaning him up. We ended up giving him a bath and then putting him in bed. After he was in bed he cried out a few times and we were able to run in and get a bucket in front of him in time. We'll see how he does the rest of the night. I may end up sleeping in their room tonight. Of course, now I'm not feeling well.
Thank God Erin's parents were here tonight. I don't know how we could have dealt with all four kids when Calvin was sick and Erin can't pick them up without help. I just hope Calvin is better tomorrow. It's so sad to see a child sick like this. At least you can tell they really like the comfort of holding them. I'll have to stay home if any of the kids are sick for the next four weeks since Erin can't take care of them herself.
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