"Just sleep when the baby sleeps," they say.
They don't tell you the long version, for twins:
Sleep when the baby sleeps, and the other baby sleeps (This happens only when one or the other isn't eating -- 6-8 times a day -- having their diaper changed -- also 6-8 times a day -- awake and alert and ready to be stimulated and entertained in developmentally positive ways, fussing and crying over some crushing soul pain such as dropping a pacifier, or just wanting to be HELD).
AND the laundry is done (holy moley, bibs alone, nevermind poop and spit-up stained outfits (theirs and ours) and the normal stuff... yeah, I'd love to be green and use cloth diapers and all, but right now I would wear disposable pants myself if I could), and the bottles are washed, and the cabinets are stocked with diapers and formula, and the cats & dogs & fish & Mommy & Daddy are fed, and the cat box is cleaned, and the bills are paid, and your brain isn't going "HEY, it's the middle of the day! No napping, it's AWAKE TIME!" and spinning around trying to figure out which household tasks are truly essential and which of those you've forgotten altogether for the past 3 weeks (showers anyone? bathe the babies before they reek of stale formula cheese?)... you do the math.
New pictures coming soon. Right after my nap.
Friday, August 24, 2007
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Our family doc, who also had to deal with twins, told us only to worry about bathing them when they start to smell :)
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