NO MORE HELP - WE'RE ON OUR OWN!!!
What am I going to do when they wake up??? This was the thought that ran through my mind every minute of every day when I was alone with the boys! I was petrified of when they would wake up and I would have to take care of them. But, wake up they always did and take care of them I always did – somehow!
The first weeks alone with them (after the parents had left) were scary, but manageable! The first day, Steve was home in the morning and we took care of the babies together – but then he left for work!! Yikes, what was I going to do when they woke up????
Well, they woke up! I knew that I would have to change each of them and then feed them. But how do you hold two babies and get bottles out of the fridge and sit down and feed them – all by yourself?? HOW??? (later on, I was able to do lots of things holding two babies, believe it or not). Before getting the boys (let them cry for a few minutes) I would get their bottles and sit them on an end table next to my faithful blue recliner. I sat in the same blue recliner throughout the pregnancy and for the first few months of the boy’s life. Then I would get one baby, change him and lay him down. Pick up the second baby, change him and go pick up the other baby. Walk down the hall with a baby in each arm and sit down in the recliner. Now, how does one go about bottle feeding two babies at the same time (remember – breast feeding was all over by this time)?? I would prop the boys in a semi sitting position - one in each arm facing away from me. With a bottle in each hand I would then feed the babies – at the same time! After they had drunk a few ounces, I would set the bottles back on the end table and flip one baby up on one shoulder and the other baby over on his stomach on my knee for burping. Then it was back into their front facing position for more of their bottle. When they were finally finished, I would flip them back into the burping positions and then one on each shoulder to rock them to sleep.
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