tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post2511408917102487691..comments2023-10-25T07:19:05.041-05:00Comments on Purring Prophecy: Rawr! and the First Night...medieval womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-9322090329901799242010-09-20T16:22:23.339-05:002010-09-20T16:22:23.339-05:00Congratulations! Your boys were born four days aft...Congratulations! Your boys were born four days after mine, so I am going through similar moments of alternating anxiety and being totally IN LOVE with my little guy. <br /><br />So happy for you!Terminal Degreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523014953046778630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-30752777432544960382010-09-16T00:01:17.855-05:002010-09-16T00:01:17.855-05:00Woohoo! Congrats, congrats! How exciting! Hugs ...Woohoo! Congrats, congrats! How exciting! Hugs and balloon bouquets to all! Welcome, little ones!<br /><br />It will eventually feel normal, the new number of people in the house. And your hormones WILL regulate themselves again. And you WILL sleep again one day! It all just takes time. <br /><br />One thing I learned was that when the baby napped, I should nap. I kept trying to "do" things when he was asleep at first, and I was missing out on lots of rest opps. As your body is healing early on, you do need to grab the nappage where it happens. ;) For what it's worth...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-30501458718560498772010-09-15T15:05:30.017-05:002010-09-15T15:05:30.017-05:00Congratulations!!! So wonderful to hear that every...Congratulations!!! So wonderful to hear that everyone is doing well. Glad that things calmed down after the initial wonkiness post C-section. <br /><br />Welcome to the babes. Hope the furballs relax soon :)This Ro(a)mantic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324882155203905958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-34192604118631205672010-09-14T03:57:34.954-05:002010-09-14T03:57:34.954-05:00Wonderful! Clever you! I'm so thrilled for you...Wonderful! Clever you! I'm so thrilled for you all.<br /><br />Yeah, probably nothing will ever be the same again. But in a good way!<br /><br />Very best to you all.This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-70291798827195940432010-09-14T01:43:11.662-05:002010-09-14T01:43:11.662-05:00Congratulations!! I have a friend who has four-yea...Congratulations!! I have a friend who has four-year-old twin boys, and she said that it does get easier as time goes by, but the first two years were hard for her. Now that her kids are older, it's way easier. And they play together constantly and are each other's best friends. Twins rule!<br /><br />Yes, you will feel normal again. Hormones will regulate again. Sleep will come again. It just takes a while. I didn't really feel normal until after I stopped breastfeeding (when eldest was 17 months old). Now that I have a second kid (almost 9 months old), I felt normal a lot quicker (and am still breastfeeding him). So I think you just have to go with it. Listen to your body, and take care of yourself. That will help the kiddos! <br /><br />New babies smell so delicious. Just want to kiss them!! Congrats again!!Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-39734641190709028472010-09-13T21:42:39.775-05:002010-09-13T21:42:39.775-05:00Whooo hoooo!
Three cheers for the new mama and he...Whooo hoooo!<br /><br />Three cheers for the new mama and her new babies! Hip! Hip! Hooray!<br /><br />(That's one cheer for Guy, one for Miles, and one big gut-busting cheer for Mama! Dutchman, I will get you on the flip side.)Doctor Clevelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326408523926507003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-81970921749589550302010-09-13T20:22:48.862-05:002010-09-13T20:22:48.862-05:00I was just wondering about you four. Yay babies! C...I was just wondering about you four. Yay babies! Congratulations to the proud and pooped parents, and snuggle welcomes to G&M!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-37472359553992602662010-09-12T21:37:15.226-05:002010-09-12T21:37:15.226-05:00YAYYYY!
Congrats to all four of you. And I hope t...YAYYYY!<br /><br />Congrats to all four of you. And I hope to meet the latest two some day soon!Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-5381722040614530102010-09-12T17:30:30.189-05:002010-09-12T17:30:30.189-05:00Welcome Guy and Miles! So glad that you're do...Welcome Guy and Miles! So glad that you're doing OK, and are all at home. I wish I could give worldly wisdom on the sleep front, but I am assured by my parent friends that it does get better!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-50413454141149604732010-09-12T16:16:29.137-05:002010-09-12T16:16:29.137-05:00Huzzah! Welcome to Guy and Miles, and congratulat...Huzzah! Welcome to Guy and Miles, and congratulations to you! Oh, and to the Dutchman, too -- but you did all the work! :)<br /><br />Hooray for big healthy baby twins!Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-37157125853377448702010-09-12T13:18:04.243-05:002010-09-12T13:18:04.243-05:00Wow! Hooray! So happy for you--I can't wait to...Wow! Hooray! So happy for you--I can't wait to meet them!heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-2403747365920252492010-09-12T12:27:48.467-05:002010-09-12T12:27:48.467-05:00Swithe faire children with alle! (Beves of Hamtoun...Swithe faire children with alle! (Beves of Hamtoun, 3711)<br /><br />Congratulations!Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-82232349110990017052010-09-12T12:06:32.570-05:002010-09-12T12:06:32.570-05:00Oh, MW, I'm so happy for you and TD! Well done...Oh, MW, I'm so happy for you and TD! Well done, you! Welcome, Guy and Miles!What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017629066466055668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-43170866079782729452010-09-12T11:13:58.177-05:002010-09-12T11:13:58.177-05:00Congratulations! Empathy on the sleep deprivation ...Congratulations! Empathy on the sleep deprivation .... I remember those days. Enjoy all the wonderful moments.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-58426673336938050262010-09-12T08:56:05.845-05:002010-09-12T08:56:05.845-05:00many congratulations!many congratulations!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-81387444342082935472010-09-12T07:45:10.747-05:002010-09-12T07:45:10.747-05:00YAY MEDIEVAL BABIES! Glad you are up and fine and ...YAY MEDIEVAL BABIES! Glad you are up and fine and reporting in!Carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06812963198439801851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-27719941704021099112010-09-11T23:55:25.889-05:002010-09-11T23:55:25.889-05:00I wrote you a long involved post, but blogger/goog...I wrote you a long involved post, but blogger/google ate it. =( <br /><br />And I'm too tired (the sleep gets better, but not great) to redo it.<br /><br />But congratulations Mama!<br /><br />And welcome to the world, Guy and Miles, Miles and Guy!Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-3512719747823957262010-09-11T21:44:30.720-05:002010-09-11T21:44:30.720-05:00Welcome Guy and Miles! And congratulations to you...Welcome Guy and Miles! And congratulations to you and TD!<br /><br />It's been a decade since the Snork Maiden arrived to fill our hearts with joy and completely annihilate our previous way of life, but I remember so well our first night home. I remember waking in the night and thinking--in a haze of sleep deprivation, hormones, the aftermath of childbirth, and blood--"I can't possibly do this. Poor child, to have a mother who can't take care of her. What happens to children whose mothers can't do it?...I know, I'll give her to my sister [who was single, childless and working full-time three thousand miles away]. My sister will take care of her." And then, feeling an iota better because I had a [delusional] back-up plan, I dragged myself out of bed and embarked on yet another endless nursing session (it takes SO LONG when they are little).<br /><br />I agree with TRL about sleeping 4 hours at a stretch, whatever you have to do to get there. Take every bit of help you are offered and then some, including professional help if you can afford it. Give TD chances to get out of the house on his own--Stubb always appreciated a supplies run with a not-too-firm deadline for getting back. <br /><br />And hang in there because it does get easier, bit by bit. (I am assured this is also true with twins.)Meansomethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10063386254235591342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-8028112872840994542010-09-11T21:31:43.231-05:002010-09-11T21:31:43.231-05:00Wow he looks pissed! ;)
Yay! Wow! Good luck and ...Wow he looks pissed! ;)<br /><br /><br />Yay! Wow! Good luck and happy Labor Day! (hee!)Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-53464756580540702592010-09-11T20:20:20.996-05:002010-09-11T20:20:20.996-05:00Congratulations! And welcome, Miles and Guy!
And...Congratulations! And welcome, Miles and Guy!<br /><br />And even though I've never thought of having children myself, I have to agree with you on the wonderful goodness of New Baby Smell (tm).Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-27278841123447656792010-09-11T18:53:28.534-05:002010-09-11T18:53:28.534-05:00Congratulations! He looks ... covered in vernix! ...Congratulations! He looks ... covered in vernix! (Green goo came out of Caedmon's nose during that exact moment and photo op. It was alien-esque.)<br /><br />They are beautiful and I am so proud of you for 35 1/2 weeks! No NICU!!! You are one strong mama. And they are strong healthy babies! <br /><br />You are right, you may not sleep (in an uninterrupted fashion) for a good long while. But it WILL get better. I promise!<br /><br />One thing to consider: having someone else do ONE night feeding, so that you can get at least 4 hours of sleep in a stretch. This is important because the 4 hour mark is what regulates your brain and your hormones. It's necessary for milk production, for general well being, and for the reduction of the cortisol that is rushing through your veins. That advice alone (to allow myself to sleep for 4 hours, uninterrupted) was the best I got, so I give it to you.<br /><br />Also, eat. Lots. Good nutritious stuff. And don't stint on the pain meds., neither.<br /><br />We can't wait to play legos at Kalamazoo!!the rebel lettristehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369013300190217105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357866983330020330.post-73580488821025367872010-09-11T18:30:25.263-05:002010-09-11T18:30:25.263-05:00BIG SMILE!!! YAY!
I'm so happy your family is...BIG SMILE!!! YAY!<br /><br />I'm so happy your family is now all borned and everything! Yay for the four of you! <br /><br />No advice re: sleep and stress, but plenty of well wishes and happiness for you!squadratomagicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977502780584567298noreply@blogger.com