As I come to the end of my maternity leave both children come down with their first sickness. Eden started a week ago, this past Monday, with the runs. She doesn't act or look sick and she's not had a fever. A week into the "bug" I called the doctor and they saw her to only tell me what I already knew. They said to check back in a week. So Eden keeps going with this nasty little bug. The good news, it's not all the time, it fluctuates in its' severity, and she's not received a diaper rash in the process. I guess we will wait it out until Monday to see if it really lasts 2 weeks.
Then today, what I thought was a cold or allergies for Gabe turned into a fever of 101+ and a rush to the doctor. They immediately became concerned at his pulse oxygen levels of 93/100 (they like it to be 100) and started talking about the hospital. But they instead decided to do a nebulizer treatment and run some tests since he was comfortably resting. After the treatment his levels bumped up to 95/100 and he seemed to be doing even better. Test results came back for normal white cells (no bacterial infection) and negative for RSV (praise God). So we leave with a brand new nebulizer, an Rx for an ear infection, and a much happier baby.
Tonight, Eden is happily snoozing away in a quiet nursery and Gabe is sleeping in a swing in our bedroom. He has to sleep upright (he's always slept on his belly) and he gets a nebulizer treatment at 1am.
In retrospect it hasn't been that bad. God continues to amaze me with His blessings. Just when I begin to get bummed out about returning to work and my kids get sick, He shows me His mercy and blesses our family.
The twins are almost 14 weeks old; Eden weighs 10.5lbs and Gabe weighs 16.3lbs!!! God is good!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sleeping Through the Night
At the beginning of the month we decided that we had t0 do something different because neither one of us were getting much sleep and we were both getting more and more grouchy! So with the guidance of my wonderful Sis-in-law, Kori, (I have to give credit where it's due) we started Gabe and Eden on a strict eating routine.
A normal day is the following:
Feedings are at 5:00am, 9:ooam, 1:00pm, 5:00pm, and 9:00pm
Gabe eats at the above times and Eden eats 30 minutes later because Gabe is much more demanding.
Starting with Gabe at 8:30 is bath time followed by rocking and singing until their last feeding then straight to bed.
I won't lie, it got worse before it got better. Gabriel didn't like the new schedule because it meant he couldn't eat in the middle of the night. After a couple nights he got used to not eating but he still wanted to make up at 2:30am and be held or rocked back to sleep. It wasn't until Monday night that Gabe stayed in his bed all night even though we still got up when he did but we didn't rock him back to sleep.
Eden doesn't have much of an interest in eating anyways so this was a lot easier for her. Her only problem is that she likes to be wide awake at 3:00am and when she's wide awake she doesn't want to be in the dark.
Last night, Eden woke up at 3:15, I changed her diaper and she went right back to bed. I couldn't sleep from then until 5:00am because I was listening for Gabe and in my mind encouraging him to keep sleeping. I had to help him find his passy at 4:00am then he slept soundly until 5:00!!
I'm sure there will be nights where they relapse and don't sleep so well but my #1 goal before returning back to work was that they are sleeping through the night. Since I still have 3 weeks left at home with them I'd say we're on our way! Praise God!
A normal day is the following:
Feedings are at 5:00am, 9:ooam, 1:00pm, 5:00pm, and 9:00pm
Gabe eats at the above times and Eden eats 30 minutes later because Gabe is much more demanding.
Starting with Gabe at 8:30 is bath time followed by rocking and singing until their last feeding then straight to bed.
I won't lie, it got worse before it got better. Gabriel didn't like the new schedule because it meant he couldn't eat in the middle of the night. After a couple nights he got used to not eating but he still wanted to make up at 2:30am and be held or rocked back to sleep. It wasn't until Monday night that Gabe stayed in his bed all night even though we still got up when he did but we didn't rock him back to sleep.
Eden doesn't have much of an interest in eating anyways so this was a lot easier for her. Her only problem is that she likes to be wide awake at 3:00am and when she's wide awake she doesn't want to be in the dark.
Last night, Eden woke up at 3:15, I changed her diaper and she went right back to bed. I couldn't sleep from then until 5:00am because I was listening for Gabe and in my mind encouraging him to keep sleeping. I had to help him find his passy at 4:00am then he slept soundly until 5:00!!
I'm sure there will be nights where they relapse and don't sleep so well but my #1 goal before returning back to work was that they are sleeping through the night. Since I still have 3 weeks left at home with them I'd say we're on our way! Praise God!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Our First Easter
Wow! This was a busy holiday! We had a lot of fun with friends and family. This Easter is really the first family functions we have been to since the twins were born and Daryl and I are exhausted! I can't believe how much stuff is needed to visit family for the day. 
The funniest Easter story takes place Easter morning while trying to get out the door for church. Me being paranoid that they would get something on their clothes, wanted to wait until the last minute to dress the babies before leaving. We are already 5 minutes behind when we realize that Gabe has exploded in his diaper. Daryl goes in for the challenge to find halfway through that Gabe isn't quite finished. We will just say that there was a big mess EVERYWHERE except for the white pants Gabe is supposed to wear to church! Praise God the pants were spared! We were super late to church but we made it none the less!
The funniest Easter story takes place Easter morning while trying to get out the door for church. Me being paranoid that they would get something on their clothes, wanted to wait until the last minute to dress the babies before leaving. We are already 5 minutes behind when we realize that Gabe has exploded in his diaper. Daryl goes in for the challenge to find halfway through that Gabe isn't quite finished. We will just say that there was a big mess EVERYWHERE except for the white pants Gabe is supposed to wear to church! Praise God the pants were spared! We were super late to church but we made it none the less!
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