Like Weeds

Maia & Sean got weighed today as part of a breastfeeding support group thingy. They are growing so well! When born, Maia was 6'4" and now she's 9'1". Sean, at birth, was 7'7" and is now 10'5". That's a gain of 3 pounds each over their birth weight, and they lost a bit after being born (all babies do). So they've gained about a pound a week, which is great, considering the doctors look for them to gain between 4 and 8 oz. Little weeds. :) My little loveys. But it goes to show you what I've been spending all my time doing!

Miracle of miracles, the first of the two baby swings we ordered came in last night. We got it assembled after a brief battle of wills with Andrew over who got to put it together (we both tried; I put parts on wrong and he held screaming babies-- everything went much more smoothly when we swapped). I tell you it is a Godsend.

Already.

Why? I am having to feed the babies one at a time right now cause I have an "overactive letdown." It's a blessing to have so much milk when I have two babies, but it's also a curse-- they choke, sputter, refuse to nurse, cry, get enraged red faces, are very gassy. It's the cause of all the problems that I've had this far, actually.

So they think I'm trying to drown them, poor little things. One of the solutions is to lie down while feeding them, which I can't do while holding both babies. So thank God we have the swing cause one baby is content to sit in there before or after being fed and I can actually move out of the rocking chair I've had my ass planted firmly in for the last two weeks with an ocassional move to go to the bathroom. (During which time both babies often were crankily yelling from their crib). I don't belive that the swings are anywhere near a substitute for them being held-- they will certainly be held a lot too. But when you have two, you so have to have something that gives you a moment of time to step away from them and shower, or eat, or do something other than hold the babies.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel which I can neither confirm nor deny is a train. Preliminary reports from the scene are speculating that it may not be a train. More as details come in. :)