After Max's five o'clock feeding, I handed him over to John, said "there's boob juice in the fridge, don't wake me up" and proceeded to sleep until 9:30. That's four and a half, FOUR AND A HALF!!! Hours of uninterupted sleep. I woke up feeling like a new woman. Of course, the downside to sleeping through a feeding is that my boobs were full of milk up to my armpits, but thankfully I've got a good breast pump that took care of the problem in under 10 minutes.
I dare say we're getting the hang of being a family of four. At least on weekends if we don't leave the house. With John home we've developed a great tag team parenting style. We each take a boy for a few hours then switch off as needed. Everyone is getting attention, everyone is getting fed, everyone is able to go to the bathroom alone and / or have their diapers changed in a timely manner. Weekends are awesome! I'm still trying to get the hang of being outnumbered during the work week though. Aside from a trip to the grocery store, I have yet to venture out of the house with both the kids on my own. I'm getting braver though. Hopefully before summer's over I'll be ready to attempt some kind of outing with both the boys in tow.
Hey speaking of taking two out at once, I don't know if you already have purchased a baby bjorn or not. But if you have not and plan on spending the money on one I am wishing now that I had an Ergo Baby Carrier. Everyone here swears by them, of course they all are loaded($$$)here. I just wish that the baby bjorn was able to be a back carrier also. One thing with the Ergo also is that I wonder if the baby is too stretched in the thigh area. Anyways I think you are golden for an outing with a carrier when you feel ready.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Just beautiful!!!!! Aren't you just the happiest mommy in town. Welcome to family of 4. Hugs and kisses. Sorry I did not post earlier. My computer was down for a while and I did not know about anything that was going on. Love ya!
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