I never wanted to write about the down side of having twins, or any baby at all, which is why i haven't written for so long! Unfortunately life just isn't peachy all the time when you have babies (or baby) even if we try to tell ourselves and those around us that it is.
"So how is everything going with the girls?"
"Oh great! They're just so cute and they're growing and learning so quickly. They're awesome!"
"You guys are so lucky. They're such good little girls."
Correction.
"So how are things going with the girls?"
"Well, not too bad i suppose. Although Jenn and i haven't had a full night sleep in about 2 months because they've decided they don't want to sleep through the night anymore. Even though they'd been doing it since they were about 4 months old now they wake up every night crying. Sometimes it's at midnight, sometimes it's at 4am and it's usually at least 2-3 times during the night! If it's not one of them it's the other......Jenn and i are at our wits end and just don't know what to do anymore. It's a constant struggle to get Jaidyn to eat anything and Kaitlyn is such a sook that if Jaidyn so much as looks at her sideways she cries so as a result there's alot of crying/whineing. I need eyes in the back of my head because if one of them isn't getting into something they're not supposed to the other one IS! I could go on but i don't want to bore you...."
Get the picture?
I'm ALWAYS tired. It's a constant struggle to stay on top of the housework, grocery shopping, yardwork, bills, balancing the bank account, cooking for the girls, and occasionally feeding myself!
Those smiles and cuddles are "gut renchingly" awesome, but the reality is (right now anyway) that life is just not all that peachy with twins!
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i sympathise. drew is exhausting and there's only one of her.
i read another blog about twins who are nearly two. check it out: http://arcanematters.blogspot.com/
Oh God, the constant crying with twins!
I think most parents can find that it is not always easy but it is good to know you are not on your own. If more people were truthful about it not always being 'peachy' then I think you would feel that you were not all alone in the difficult times.
They will eventually sleep again for you. Well that is what I am telling myself anyway.
Jenny (Another one struggling to get sleep)
Your kind simple words help more than you think!
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