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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Are twins hard?
I know, it's been a while since my last post but I wanted to document what happened today. Before I get into that, I occasionally get asked, "Is it hard with twins?" People at the mall ask me, friends, relatives. Sometimes when they ask me, I just don't even know how to react anymore. "Seriously? You're asking me, is it hard with twins?"
Let me break it down for y'all @ the 9-10 month mark
8:00am - wake up to the sound of two human crying alarms
8:15am - still listening to the two human alarm clocks crying
8:20am - get out of bed, take one kid, change their diaper, baby talk and play.
8:30am - take second kid, change their diaper, baby talk and play.
8:40am - head to the table for feeding. (Prepare milk, rice cereal, and veggies) x2
8:50am - by this point they are crying their heads off. Start of feed.
9:20am - end of feed.
9:30am - change both kids 'cause they pooed for sure.
Playtime 9:30 - 11:00am
Both kids are mad fast when it comes to crawling. It's a constant battle of "No Jayde. Come here Quynn. Don't touch the TV. Stop banging on the laptop." When you put them in the playpen, or excer-saucers to keep them stationary they will cry. Gauranteed. You leave the room for one second, they will cry. Gauranteed. One kids take a toy from the other, the kid that lost the toy will cry. Garaunteed.
11:00am - nap time!
11:15am - clean up their toys. Clean dishes.
11:30am - make lunch
12:00pm - the two munchkins wake up again. No!
12:15pm - change diapers for both kids
12:30pm - feed the kids, milk, veggies, fruits, pasta or other carbs.
1:00pm - end of feed.
1:15pm - change diapers again because here comes another poo. Both kids.
Playtime 1:30pm - 4:00pm
In this play time, we read, we stroll sometimes, give them a bath or we pull out new toys. We may also go out together 'cause staying at home makes us crazy sometimes.
4:00pm - naptime 2.
4:30pm - naptime 2 is over.
4:45pm - change diapers again 'cause there's going to be a lot of pee pee.
5:30pm - start cooking dinner
6:30pm - feeding time for the twins. (milk, veggies, fruits , snacks)
play time 7:00pm - 8:30pm
8:00pm - change diapers, change to pj's, put them in their sleep sacks. Get milk ready.
8:30pm - final feeding of milk.
9:00pm - kids are in bed!
Out time 9:00pm-1:00am
Our time usually means, vaccuum carpet, put toys away, wash bottles, clean dishes, do laundry, fold laundry from the previous time, prepare the kids food for the next day (blend fruits, veggies) Make sure we have enough formula in their pitcher or else we need to make forumla. Take garbage out, fold cloth diapers. Check emails.
1:30am - we go to bed and do it all over again.
So that's the routine but today I wanted to document what happened. What makes the routine all worth it is when your kid starts to understand you. You make that connection for the first time with them. I mean long time parents are going to be like, "that's basic stuff. They should be doing that. My kids does this now." When I saw it the first time, it blew my mind away.
Today I told both kids to, "clap your hands". This time I just used a verbal command only and no clapping action with my hands. Quynn immediately looked at me and put her hands together, clapping. "What!?!?" I squeezed her face. "How did you know what I was saying?" Thinking it was a fluke. I waited several moments later and tried again. "Clap your hands". Quynn again, smiled and clapped her hands. "Are you kidding me, that's amazing," I said to myself. She can't communicate with words yet but she definitely can pick up what I'm saying. Interesting.
Then I tried it in chinese. "Pak shao". Nothing. "Pak shao." She crawled away. Darn. She only knows English but how amazing is that? It's these little things that you will forget about and it easily becomes a lost memory. Not for me, it will remain here so I can always refer back to the day it happened. Maybe one day the kids will come here and read when they first clapped their hands on command.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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