I'm a rockstar... and other news
Is your jaw not dropped to the floor? Then you probably do not have children. Either that, or you have freakishly angelic offspring and I am very jealous of you.
Seriously though, I am amazed. I have learned as a mom of four little ones that if I expect things to go catastrophically wrong, they usually go just fine. (But then, if they do go wrong, I'm not surprised. It's a win-win!) I also have figured out that if I plan on doing anything outside of our house, to start getting ready hours early, and expect things to take a ridiculous amount of time while we're out. If I'm mentally prepared, then it all goes okay! (And again, if it doesn't, I can just laugh about it.)
Anyway, topic change before I get interrupted and can't finish this blog!
I hate that I haven't been blogging as much as I would like. Currently, my life is one big sleep deprived daze. Unfortunately, that makes for very few funny or emotional stories to share with you, and really, do you want to hear day after day, "I am tired. We watched too much TV today, then we went to bed."
Snooze.
The twins are doing very well and getting nice and chunky. I have come up with all sorts of fun nicknames for them, so much so, that my poor children are probably never going to know their real names. Z, my big baby, is often referred to as Chubba-wubba, Chubs, Chunky Monkey, Zeebs, Zeebers, Big Z and Fatboy Slim. Y is Little Y, Super Y, Sweetness, Snuggles, and Snugs. They each flashed their first smiles last week and melted my heart, even though Z's first smirks and coos were at the butt crack of dawn. *Yawn*
I have decided to switch the boys to formula. Y actually did start latching on, which was awesome and gave me a while to nurse both again. I quickly realized that with two other kiddos vying for my attention, it was just too difficult to be tied down to breastfeeding several times a day. With bottles, anyone can feed them, which is wonderful. Plus, I go places with my kids at least a couple times a week and breastfeeding twins in public is just not gonna happen. I tried pumping exclusively for a while, but that is a whole other time consuming mess. In the end, I am incredibly happy with my decision. It has been such a weight lifted off my shoulders to know that formula feeding my kids does not make me less of a mom, nor does it change the way I'm bonding with them.
Bug and Bean are adapting well to their siblings. Bean, the little mommy she is, was very cute the other day. There were bottles sitting next to each baby and they both started fussing. She picked up one bottle and popped it in Z's mouth. Y started crying, so she let go of Z's bottle and popped a bottle in Y's mouth. Of course, Z started wailing because the bottle had fallen out of his mouth, so she let go of Y's bottle and put the bottle back in Z's mouth. This went on, back and forth for several minutes and I couldn't help but get a video of it, though Turk came in the room and said I was being cruel. Aww, they weren't emotionally scarred by it and dang, it was too funny. Plus, when I went to try to help Bean out, she adamantly told me "No! I do!" so she had it under control... until she got bored 2 seconds later. Good thing babies can't have babies.
Turk and I are doing well and finding time to spend together, which has been awesome. My six week checkup is coming up next week and if you've had kids, you know what that means... getting the go-ahead for, well, you know. Truthfully, I'm absolutely flippin' terrified to do it again. I had my tubes tied during my c-section. The doctor tied them, clipped them, and burned the ends, which is the most effective form of tubal ligation. Still, I do not, I repeat: do NOT, want to get pregnant again. Four is my limit! Getting pregnant again, though not the end of the world, would be incredibly devastating to me. I know I'm just being paranoid, though, right? (Psst, you're supposed to say, "Right!")
We are going through a rough patch right now, though thankfully not in our relationship. I can't discuss it in much detail for various reasons, but if you could keep us in your thoughts, we would really appreciate it. We'll get through this bump in the road, I know we will, but the unknown right now is pretty frightening. But, as long as we have each other and our health, that's all that truly matters.
Believe it or not, I got through this entire blog without interruption. Could this day rock any more?! Hope you all are having an equally fantastic day!
Photo Credit: Beautiful Pink Gerbra Flower by BeverlyLR
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Posted by Lindsay Maddox at 10/15/2009 1:44 PM 
Categories: family,Parenting,breastfeeding,twins,humor
Tags: family update costco is awesome getting out of the house with 4 kids
Categories: family,Parenting,breastfeeding,twins,humor
Tags: family update costco is awesome getting out of the house with 4 kids
Was there ever any doubt about your 'rockness'? :) We had, and continue to have, every faith in your excellence as a mother, wife and human being in general.
Whatever your bump in the road is, you're quite right... you'll get over it and things will get back on an even keel. I hope it happens very soon for you all. You know where we all are if you need us.
Love and all that sloppy stuff to you all xx
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you rock my socks :)
I'm headed to Costco today after work, and I have a hard time going with just me!! So AWESOME job on taking the kids!!
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Wow, I'm impressed! I am such a wimp, I've done Costco with one kid while the other is at school, but I never even took 2 kids unless my husband was with me! I can't even imagine taking our 3 now that the new baby is here. You do rock!
I am smiling at the imagine of your little girl being mommy to her baby brothers. How sweet!
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Thank you guys!
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