For the first few months after my twins were home from the hospital I hardly slept at all. I continually checked on the kids making sure they were okay. Finally, we decided to let them stay with me in our room so that I could get some rest. That seemed to help. Since the twins were preemies their sucking mechanisms hadn’t been developed and this required that we do tube feeding. Additionally, we had to keep track of every diaper change and record it for the doctor to make sure they were eating enough. We were basically feeding around the clock. Even so, they were so small, even the preemie clothes were too big.
I didn’t like taking the twins out in public those first few months, everyone always wanted to touch them or hold them. Complete strangers! I admit I was a germ phobic. I would only let family or close friends touch and hold the twins and only after they washed their hands! I know I was over protective…I still am.
Sleeping…or lack there of…Most parents talk about wanting their babies to sleep through the night, we had to actually wake them up to feed them! I still remember the first time that they slept through the night. They were 5 months old and we had taken a trip up to my mom’s cabin for the weekend. We had spent the day relaxing at the beach. I put them down as usual and went to bed. The next thing I remember was waking up in the morning petrified that there was something wrong…guilty that I had slept through the night…I rushed into their room and they were just fine…they were happy, hungry and just fine! I could finally relax…
