Holy Weigh in Batman!!!
We had a pedi appt today and the girls weighed in at...
DRUM ROLL PLEASE..................... Morgan 10 pounds 7 ounces and 20 inches long Riley 10 pounds and 20 3/4 inches long...
I was shocked, they were just shy of 6 pounds a month ago and only 17 and 18 1/2 inches.. They are growing like weeds..
We also had the doc check Riley's ear, she has a bump that I was keeping an eye on and brought it to the doctor attention today. He said he thinks it is just a calcium deposit and nothing to worry about, so I will just watch it to see if it gets bigger. It doesn't seem to bother her so that is one good thing. We also had Riley's foot checked out. I had mentioned it to the pedi when I saw him last with Aiden but because Ri was not with there wasn't much he could go on.
I have noticed as she gets bigger the difference in her two feet is more noticeable. She has one foot that has a large gap between her big toe and the rest of her toes and the foot is thicker and wider in size. I also noticed today that she is flat footed (just on the funny foot) there is no arch but her other foot is fine.
The pedi looked and saw what I saw and wrote up a form to have it x-rayed. So after there appt we went over to the hospital to have it done. i didn't want to wait even though he said I can go at my convenience. I want to know right away in case there is anything we could or should be doing NOW while she is little. I've learned by past experience that time is important when you catch something early.
now can you imagine trying to x-ray a 2 month olds feet. They don't stay still and are always curling there toes when you touch them. So mommy got the idea to tape her foot to one of those things that look like big popsicle stick. It kinda worked, well good enough for them to get the x-ray they needed. They just didn't think Ri would be as strong as she was to keep riping her foot off the stick.. Haaa that's my girl..
As for Morgan.. She is doing fine, my little chubba has no current issues besides her hernia, but Ri also has one too. Ri's is not as big though.
Once I know more about the x-ray I will fill ya in, I plan on calling tomorrow to see if the doctor has looked at them. He should have received them 30 mins after we had them done. His office is closed at 4 and that would of been about 4:30 but I assume he'd still be there. I'll just call in the afternoon sometime and see what they say. Fingers crossed it's nothing major and can be corrected. I said today that Aiden went through enough for all my kids, at this point in time I think Aiden and the girls deserve a free ride..
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
November 18, 2007
It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted.. Ooopps.. Time just flew by, but when your not sleeping much, have 3 in diapers, and still looking for the pre-pregnancy brain, time gets one over on ya..
The girls are doing great, and getting so big already. No new weights to post yet, it's still another week before they go back to the pedi, but they are gaining like champs.
Riley already holds her head up and is so strong. Morgan does the same but I think it'sa the 3 chins she has. HA HA! She is still shorter but bigger now. It's hard to believe she was the "little" one.
We have become the attraction on outings now. People are so amazed to see twins. I use to stop and chat on the first few outings, but now it's more thank you's and smiles cause if I stopped every time someone chased me down to see them I'd never get anything done. It's funny cause I would have never thought I'd get the reaction from people I get. Maybe if I had triplets or quads or so on, but never with twins. Then again it's still sinking in with me that we have twins. Two babies at the same time.
Things are still crazy. The girls are sleeping a little better but I'm still not getting good sleep. They have started on cereal at night so that is helping and hopefully in a few weeks they will start to sleep through the night.
Morgan was eating every 90 minutes before the cereal and now see goes every few hours. Riley is the same, but neither one has a set schedule yet. It's still random. One will take a full bottle and go 3 hrs before the next, then take another and only go an hour and want more. The other will eat and go 2 hours or 4.
This is why sleeping is such an issue. By the time you are done with one, the other is ready and ya never know if either is going to fall right back to sleep after they eat. (Like now, it's 5:45AM and Morgan is all done eating but has no idea what she wants now, the little fuss bucket.. Every one else is sleeping.. UGH!!)
As for other news, we got our pictures done. Oh What Fun that was.. None of the kids wanted to cooperate. Aiden (who loves to smile for the camera) was over tired and just wanted to nap. Morgan and Riley didn't like any position they got placed in, so if one was happy the other was ticked off! Needless to say we got a few pictures for xmas, but we will be going back in a few months with fingers crossed they all do better. (they did look super cute though) AND boy are pictures expensive.. Geeesh!!! I got some but was rushing to not cut into the next appt so much and forgot a few I wanted so now I have to go back. After going through them and givine a few out to my family I realized I need a ton more just to cover Chuck's family.. UGH!!!
I got a good deal from a friend, cause if I had to pay full price it would of been about 350.00 and the amount of pictures we got are not a lot. Now to re order I will probably have to pay full price and well lets just say, there will be a lot of people not getting pictures of the kids. Not the professional ones that is, cause it's going to cost me an arm and a leg and well I already don't have enough arms.. Ha Ha!
The girls are doing great, and getting so big already. No new weights to post yet, it's still another week before they go back to the pedi, but they are gaining like champs.
Riley already holds her head up and is so strong. Morgan does the same but I think it'sa the 3 chins she has. HA HA! She is still shorter but bigger now. It's hard to believe she was the "little" one.
We have become the attraction on outings now. People are so amazed to see twins. I use to stop and chat on the first few outings, but now it's more thank you's and smiles cause if I stopped every time someone chased me down to see them I'd never get anything done. It's funny cause I would have never thought I'd get the reaction from people I get. Maybe if I had triplets or quads or so on, but never with twins. Then again it's still sinking in with me that we have twins. Two babies at the same time.
Things are still crazy. The girls are sleeping a little better but I'm still not getting good sleep. They have started on cereal at night so that is helping and hopefully in a few weeks they will start to sleep through the night.
Morgan was eating every 90 minutes before the cereal and now see goes every few hours. Riley is the same, but neither one has a set schedule yet. It's still random. One will take a full bottle and go 3 hrs before the next, then take another and only go an hour and want more. The other will eat and go 2 hours or 4.
This is why sleeping is such an issue. By the time you are done with one, the other is ready and ya never know if either is going to fall right back to sleep after they eat. (Like now, it's 5:45AM and Morgan is all done eating but has no idea what she wants now, the little fuss bucket.. Every one else is sleeping.. UGH!!)
As for other news, we got our pictures done. Oh What Fun that was.. None of the kids wanted to cooperate. Aiden (who loves to smile for the camera) was over tired and just wanted to nap. Morgan and Riley didn't like any position they got placed in, so if one was happy the other was ticked off! Needless to say we got a few pictures for xmas, but we will be going back in a few months with fingers crossed they all do better. (they did look super cute though) AND boy are pictures expensive.. Geeesh!!! I got some but was rushing to not cut into the next appt so much and forgot a few I wanted so now I have to go back. After going through them and givine a few out to my family I realized I need a ton more just to cover Chuck's family.. UGH!!!
I got a good deal from a friend, cause if I had to pay full price it would of been about 350.00 and the amount of pictures we got are not a lot. Now to re order I will probably have to pay full price and well lets just say, there will be a lot of people not getting pictures of the kids. Not the professional ones that is, cause it's going to cost me an arm and a leg and well I already don't have enough arms.. Ha Ha!
Thursday, November 1, 2007
November 1, 2007
Happy Halloween everyone... There are pics on Aiden's blog.. www.aidenkristopher.blogspot.com but here are a few more..
The girls slept most of the time we were out but we had fun.. Can't wait til next year when everyone is walking, or almost walking...
The girls slept most of the time we were out but we had fun.. Can't wait til next year when everyone is walking, or almost walking...
All ready...
Morgan
Riley
Our Big Brother Aiden
And we are off in the Choo Choo Wagon..
Riley
Our Big Brother Aiden
And we are off in the Choo Choo Wagon..
Dinner after a long night out.. ha ha ha
Monday, October 29, 2007
October 29, 2007
Preemies.. Now you would think that at 34 weeks we'd have no issues... WRONG!!!
First off I am VERY happy to say that the girls have no major issues like Aiden had, however with that said i have discovered Morgan has an hernia just like Aiden had (in her belly button). It was never discovered in the NICU and I just thought she has an outie until the other day when i noticed it has gotten a bit bigger and when she was crying (as babies do) it pops out like Aiden's did.
I can push it back in, as I could with his too, but I'm afraid it will get big like Aiden's did and cause a problem. Are there any moms out there whos little ones had a belly button hernia and it went away..?? How big did it get and how long did it take?
I can't compare to Aiden since his was fixed by having surgery because it got stuck and never came close to correcting. Another thing I'm not sure how common it is.
Another thing my poor Morgan has is reflux that so many moms know about. she never spit up that much in the NICU, that was more Riley's thing, but now she has it pretty bad. she doesn't puke often but you can tell it comes back up and makes her uncomfortable. One minute she is so happy and the next tense and coughing and gagging.. She even coughs a lot when sleeping. I feel so bad for her.
As for Riley well (other then her crazy toes) she is fine. No hernia and although she was the "spitter" in the NICU she doesn't seem to have reflux at all.
To explain about the toes, there super long. It's like the child has hands on her feet.. ha ha
She'll be picking things up with them in no time I tell you. One of her feet has really "crazy toes" I'll have to try and take a picture with out her curling them around my finger to show you all. The base of that one foot (near the nuckles) seems to be wider then the other and she has a big gap between the big toe and the next toe. There funny and cute now but Chuck fears it could affect her foot so the pedi is going to look at it at the next appt in Nov. I'm just hoping it's nothing and that her only problem in life might be that it will not be fashionable to wear open toe shoes.. (ha ha ha)
Both the girls are eating well, Riley has seemed to caught up to Morgan who was eating about a third more then her. Now some feeding Riley leaves Morgan in the dust. They are still on 24 cal formula but I am going to bump them down to "normal calories" which is 20 starting this week. There weight gain is fine, there both eating, and doing well. They sleep pretty well most of the time however they have there moments where all they want to do is eat and between the two of them I am feeding one every hour on the hour. (That can be a bit tiring)
The longest sleep run they have gone ever is 5 hrs the shortest is and hour, but even if ones goes 5 hrs the other one is always up in between that so there are no 5 hr sleep runs for the rest of us.
Me and Chuck try to do shifts which worked well but since today is his first night back to work (he works 3 to 11) it's going to be tough and I am sure we will be more sleep deprived then we already have been.
I just have to promise myself to split the time and not try to do it all myself (my worst habit is trying to "do it all" and let him sleep when he has to work and then in the end I just feel like crap)
We often forget taking care of the kids is a full time job too.. An outside job is sometimes a break more then work..
First off I am VERY happy to say that the girls have no major issues like Aiden had, however with that said i have discovered Morgan has an hernia just like Aiden had (in her belly button). It was never discovered in the NICU and I just thought she has an outie until the other day when i noticed it has gotten a bit bigger and when she was crying (as babies do) it pops out like Aiden's did.
I can push it back in, as I could with his too, but I'm afraid it will get big like Aiden's did and cause a problem. Are there any moms out there whos little ones had a belly button hernia and it went away..?? How big did it get and how long did it take?
I can't compare to Aiden since his was fixed by having surgery because it got stuck and never came close to correcting. Another thing I'm not sure how common it is.
Another thing my poor Morgan has is reflux that so many moms know about. she never spit up that much in the NICU, that was more Riley's thing, but now she has it pretty bad. she doesn't puke often but you can tell it comes back up and makes her uncomfortable. One minute she is so happy and the next tense and coughing and gagging.. She even coughs a lot when sleeping. I feel so bad for her.
As for Riley well (other then her crazy toes) she is fine. No hernia and although she was the "spitter" in the NICU she doesn't seem to have reflux at all.
To explain about the toes, there super long. It's like the child has hands on her feet.. ha ha
She'll be picking things up with them in no time I tell you. One of her feet has really "crazy toes" I'll have to try and take a picture with out her curling them around my finger to show you all. The base of that one foot (near the nuckles) seems to be wider then the other and she has a big gap between the big toe and the next toe. There funny and cute now but Chuck fears it could affect her foot so the pedi is going to look at it at the next appt in Nov. I'm just hoping it's nothing and that her only problem in life might be that it will not be fashionable to wear open toe shoes.. (ha ha ha)
Both the girls are eating well, Riley has seemed to caught up to Morgan who was eating about a third more then her. Now some feeding Riley leaves Morgan in the dust. They are still on 24 cal formula but I am going to bump them down to "normal calories" which is 20 starting this week. There weight gain is fine, there both eating, and doing well. They sleep pretty well most of the time however they have there moments where all they want to do is eat and between the two of them I am feeding one every hour on the hour. (That can be a bit tiring)
The longest sleep run they have gone ever is 5 hrs the shortest is and hour, but even if ones goes 5 hrs the other one is always up in between that so there are no 5 hr sleep runs for the rest of us.
Me and Chuck try to do shifts which worked well but since today is his first night back to work (he works 3 to 11) it's going to be tough and I am sure we will be more sleep deprived then we already have been.
I just have to promise myself to split the time and not try to do it all myself (my worst habit is trying to "do it all" and let him sleep when he has to work and then in the end I just feel like crap)
We often forget taking care of the kids is a full time job too.. An outside job is sometimes a break more then work..
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
October 23, 2007
So it's been a little crazy, a little fun, and not a whole lot of sleep, but i'd do it all over ten fold to have all my babies here with me like they are now.
The girls are doing well. The last weigh in was on Sunday and Riley weighed 5 lbs 15 oz and Morgan weighed 5 lbs 14 oz (which means Riley gained 1 lb 8 oz since birth and Morgan 2 lbs)
They are not on the same eating schedule but I've gotten them pretty close to where I want them. Roughly about 30-45 mins apart works well for me. That way i can get one fed and settled and then the other.
Morgan is also sleeping better at night now that Riley is home. The first few nights she didn't really want any part of her crib. It was either with me on her car seat she wanted. Now she does fine. They both seem to really like the car seats though.
We haven't done much, since lack of sleep kinda makes you feel a bit more over whelmed when you are awake. We did make it to the Keene NH pumpkin festival (which was way to busy to have 2 strollers so we didn't stay long) but the girls did great on the 2 hr ride there and back.
It was also a beautiful day out yesterday so we went for a walk and took the wagon. Can you believe it was 82 (in late Oct) that is New England weather for you..
I tried the halloween costume on Riley today (and you will all have to wait for a pic) but let me tell you... OMG sooooooooooooooo cute... lol
I can't believe they are growing so fast. Riley has busted out of preemie clothes cause she is too long for them. Morgan can still wear them cause she is an inch and a half shorter but she is starting to push the limit with some of them.
I also took a pic of the girls with Aiden. He looks so huge compared to them. My littel boy is not so little, or so it seems in the pic.
(The pics of the kids in the wagon are on Aiden's blog, so you'll have to check them out too!)
Morgan making that face she always makes... lol
Riley trying to look at everything all at the same time..
Sissy hold my hand...
I just love this pic...
The girls are doing well. The last weigh in was on Sunday and Riley weighed 5 lbs 15 oz and Morgan weighed 5 lbs 14 oz (which means Riley gained 1 lb 8 oz since birth and Morgan 2 lbs)
They are not on the same eating schedule but I've gotten them pretty close to where I want them. Roughly about 30-45 mins apart works well for me. That way i can get one fed and settled and then the other.
Morgan is also sleeping better at night now that Riley is home. The first few nights she didn't really want any part of her crib. It was either with me on her car seat she wanted. Now she does fine. They both seem to really like the car seats though.
We haven't done much, since lack of sleep kinda makes you feel a bit more over whelmed when you are awake. We did make it to the Keene NH pumpkin festival (which was way to busy to have 2 strollers so we didn't stay long) but the girls did great on the 2 hr ride there and back.
It was also a beautiful day out yesterday so we went for a walk and took the wagon. Can you believe it was 82 (in late Oct) that is New England weather for you..
I tried the halloween costume on Riley today (and you will all have to wait for a pic) but let me tell you... OMG sooooooooooooooo cute... lol
I can't believe they are growing so fast. Riley has busted out of preemie clothes cause she is too long for them. Morgan can still wear them cause she is an inch and a half shorter but she is starting to push the limit with some of them.
I also took a pic of the girls with Aiden. He looks so huge compared to them. My littel boy is not so little, or so it seems in the pic.
(The pics of the kids in the wagon are on Aiden's blog, so you'll have to check them out too!)
Mommy and the Girls...
Morgan, Riley, and Aiden
Morgan making that face she always makes... lol
Riley trying to look at everything all at the same time..
Sissy hold my hand...
I just love this pic...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
October 17, 2007
THERE HOME !!!
Yay! Riley came home today so now both my girls are home.. It is such a good feeling. i couldn't get to the NICU fast enough and then out of there quick enough just to know i don't have to go back.
Morgan as you know came home on Friday leaving the NICU weighing 5 lbs 1 oz and Riley came home today weighing 5 lbs 9 oz.
There both doing well, sleeping right now, and happy.. I am about to get ready to feed Morgan who should be up soon and go check on Riley and Aiden who are both in there cribs sleeping. (Morgan is in her seat til she wakes up so I can feed her, just like Ri was.)
I posted som pics I took from today..
Welcome home girls... You have made your mommy a happy camper... I FINALLY have my babies all in the same place.. Aiden, Morgan, & Riley.. I love you all so much.. My only wish to be complete would be that Chase was here too, but he is always in my heart and mind and I know I will see my angel baby again some day.. I love you too little man.. xoxo
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