Twins.. they are so hard in the beginning. I remember the double nursing, juggling two slippery little bodies, the milk coming too fast and Eli screaming about it, NEVER being able to nurse in public unless I wanted to be showered with mardi gras beads! (there is no way to nurse twins discreetly), and finding myself in the grocery store with my shirt on inside out because it was a mad dash--nurse the babies, get 'em dressed, throw them in the car seats, to the car, grocery shop in a mad hurry, not with a shopping cart but with the double stroller that doesn't really have room for everything you need unless you pack it like a jigsaw puzzle, and rush home to....nurse again. Oh my GOD...
Then came the tag-teaming: "While mom is removing Evie and telling her not to climb the fireplace, I can get away with ....climbing the fireplace." I kid you not, I spent two hours straight teaching that the fireplace is a "no". And my personal favorite, learning to share toys.....when they are six months old!
After that was the the running away in two different directions phase, both toward impending doom, and my having to decide which one I must chase after first, the one toddling down a steep hill into a rock bed, or the one who has just figured out how to open the gate to the freedom of the open road! Next was watching them climb two different equally death-conjuring park ladders way before they should be able to and trying to convince 18 month olds, that they cannot climb at the same time...like they have that concept down!!
But it really does get easier, and it the investment of time and care is really paying off now. Eli and Evelyn are such good friends. Of course they have their conflicts at times, but for the most part, they make up games together, tackle each other on the floor, take turns with toys and bring each other snacks, shoes, and books. They will have the huge advantage of knowing what marriage is like twenty or thirty years before they even meet their soul mate. And while they play, I can actually get some things done around the house...finally.
Then came the tag-teaming: "While mom is removing Evie and telling her not to climb the fireplace, I can get away with ....climbing the fireplace." I kid you not, I spent two hours straight teaching that the fireplace is a "no". And my personal favorite, learning to share toys.....when they are six months old!
After that was the the running away in two different directions phase, both toward impending doom, and my having to decide which one I must chase after first, the one toddling down a steep hill into a rock bed, or the one who has just figured out how to open the gate to the freedom of the open road! Next was watching them climb two different equally death-conjuring park ladders way before they should be able to and trying to convince 18 month olds, that they cannot climb at the same time...like they have that concept down!!
But it really does get easier, and it the investment of time and care is really paying off now. Eli and Evelyn are such good friends. Of course they have their conflicts at times, but for the most part, they make up games together, tackle each other on the floor, take turns with toys and bring each other snacks, shoes, and books. They will have the huge advantage of knowing what marriage is like twenty or thirty years before they even meet their soul mate. And while they play, I can actually get some things done around the house...finally.
Hey Sherah! Thanks for the insight! You are so amazing~ Miss you!
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