Annoying things people say....

We get a lot of attention with our twins. Many people try to stop us in public. At first I did not mind it. Now I typically keep my head down and act like I do not hear them. I do not want to be rude, but I do not want them touching my kids, it is flu season after all! Some people say some really dumb things, others say what I believe to be very rude. If some people keep it up, I may just have rude responses.

Q: Are they twins?
A: No sh@! sherlock. You are a genius. Of course they are twins.

Comment (I just got this one at Carter's this weekend): I would hate to be around for the terrible twos.
Response: I would hate to be around your negative attitude all of the time. I feel bad for you and your children. I cannot wait for the terrible twos. I love watching my children grow and learn.

Comment: You have your hands full.
Response: Yes I do with two beautiful babies and I am very happy, thank you for noticing.

Q: Are they natural?
A: Is that any of your business? I could also resort back to my previous answer-->http://kotheclan.blogspot.com/2009/03/random-thoughts.html. I could also say, why are you having problems getting pregnant?

Q: How do you do it?
A: Well, when they are hungry, I make them a bottle. When they are wet, I change their diapers. When they are tired I put them to sleep. Basically they require the same care as any other baby.

Life is Good

Less than a year ago, I was at the Schott very pregnant, throwing up in the bathroom during an OSU basketball game. Tonight I was at the Schott watching LeBron, drinking a beer while my little ones were at home sleeping. Life is good. Oh and just so you know, my mom and Mike were at the house watching the babies, they were not alone!

Is she high?

Perhaps in my past posts you have asked yourself, is she high? I am a law abiding citizen, so no I am not high. I am about to share a picture that will make you ask yourself this question again. I have to say though, I am having fun in this picture, so I guess I am high on life! I decided to squeeze my big butt between the two babies on the play mat. I wanted to know what it felt like to be down there. Let's just say it was amusing. Both babies were hitting me and pulling my hair. Basically, they beat me until I gave them their space back. 3 months old and they are already wanting to push their mommy away! Perhaps it was my creepy face that scared them. Mental note, do not make this crazy face again.

Flat Head

I deserve a paycheck for this blog. If I had just known this prior to giving birth to my babies, I would have saved myself from a lot of mommy guilt. Grady, prefers looking to the right. We are not quite sure why, could be the way he was in the womb, could be the fact that he slept 3 weeks in a pack and play, who knows. What I do know is that looking to the right has led to a flat head. Apparently this is fairly common in newborns now that it is reccomended that babies sleep on their backs. Well, I wish I had know this sooner. By the time we realized it, it was very difficult to correct. Grady is just now starting to look both ways. Someone made a comment to me this weekend that Grady is always looking for mom. My honest response wanted to be, "yeah he is always looking for his mom as long as she is to his right". So ladies, try to be observant about your baby looking and especially sleeping with their heads in both directions. It will save you the stress I have had researching flat heads.



Only a mother can really see this on a daily basis. Just trust me, having to constantly make him look left is not easy. After much research, it seems as though this will correctly slowly over time with repositioning. Let's just hope he grows a full head of hair. Perhaps this would be a good time for me to start my baby wig business.

Man vs. Mom

I was inspired by reading another blog. I have to happily say, my husband did not fall into many! I added some of my own. How does your hubby measure up?

Night time
Mom: Baby cries and mom jumps out of bed. After getting the baby back to sleep, mom lays in bed wondering if the baby is still breathing.
Man: Waits a good 15 minutes before he even moves, hoping his wife will get up. After 15 minutes pass, man moves or grunts loudly hoping to wake his wife. Next morning, man claims he did not hear anything.

Outings
Mom: Realizes there is going to be a baby melt down within a half an hour, so they better head home.
Man: Has no clue when the next feeding is, or that a melt down will occur, accepts another beer.

Diaper Bag
Mom: Packs everything she can imagine you could possibly need.
Man: Is shocked when he opens the bag and sees you remembered water to make a bottle.

Around the house
Mom: Gets chores, showers, etc. done at the beginning of nap time, realizing she does not know how much time she has to work with.
Man: Waits until his show is over before he gets moving. This usually falls at the end of nap time.

Bathroom Break
Mom: Pees as quickly as she can to tend to her crying baby.
Man: Plops down on the pot with a magazine.

Dirty Diaper
Mom: Can smell it a mile away. Waits until baby is done going then changes immediately.
Man: Pretends not to smell the horrible stank! Hopes that mom will come by soon to change baby.

Fussy Baby
Mom: Distraught that she cannot calm the baby, tries endlessly to help baby. Every minute feels like eternity.
Man: Sometimes ignores fussy baby. May try to calm fussy baby for 5 minutes, then puts baby down saying they can cry it out.

Bath Time on mom's night out
Mom: Hopes her hubby will bathe the baby since they have a bad case of sour milk neck.
Man: Bath night can wait until tomorrow, the baby does not smell that bad.

Feel free to add on to my list ladies!

STTN

What is this you ask? Any message board reading mom knows. And believe me, all moms want to know about this....sleeping through the night. Yes, next to your childs first words, this is the most beautiful phrase. I can now say the first 3 months flew by. If you had asked the first 3 weeks I would have said time is going slow. So how do you go about doing this. I have the advice that all moms are looking for, some moms may even pay for. The way to get your kids to sleep through the night, be blessed with good sleepers. Yes, that is the trick. I did not do anything to get them to sleep through the night, they just did it on their own. I guess somebody thought I deserved a break after my house caught on fire when the twins were only 3 weeks old. Now, it has only been a week, so this can always change back to a 3am feeding, but for now I am getting more sleep than ever. Heck, before the babies were born the only time I would get a good 10 hours was after getting a good beer buzz the night before. Then I was trying to sleep off a hang over, now I am actually getting good quality sleep. This past weekend, we actually slept in until 9am, yes I said it correctly, 9AM!

Please note I am not a professional, I am just a mom of 3 month old twins.

UPDATE: As soon as I posted this, Grady decided not to sleep through the night. Isn't that the great thing about kids, you never know what tomorrow will be like. Luckily he is the fast eater.

Smile

So by three months babies should smile. Grady must have gotten every ounce of smile DNA that we have. He smiles all of the time. Grady could be crying one second, you say his name, and he immediately smiles. He loves his name. I know we named him right. Gwen is a different story. Somedays I cannot pull a smile out of her. She just does not like to smile. I sure hope that does not mean she is not happy, because we could not be happier with her. When she does smile, it is beautiful. Sometimes she smiles real big and I just cannot get enough of it.