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How come you have them in a straight jacket? Related to you?A couple more pics of our twins
How come you have them in a straight jacket? Related to you?A couple more pics of our twins
Agree with this. Unfortunately my kid didn't sleep through the night until he was almost a year old, but it became much less frequent as time went on. The thing that he loved the most was the rock and play by fisher price. They are only like 50 bucks, but I can't recommend it enough. That's the only thing we could really get him to sleep in the first few months.My first is only 4 months, and here’s what I learned: you can never have too many bottles. You will spend 11 hours everyday washing those damn things. Stock up.
Same thing with diapers. If you see a good deal, buy ‘em all. You will use them. Also, if you were a Hygiene freak, you won’t be for long. Baby poop on your hands is not uncommon. Pee, spit up, etc is part of my daily wardrobe.
Sleep, nah don’t need it. Clutter free home, don’t need that either.
You thought your wife was always right before, now she’s double right. Just roll with it.
It’s easy to overreact when the kids screaming. 99% of the time, he’s either hungry, dirty, or tired so don’t get too worked up. If he’s clean and fed, a swaddle usually calmed him down.
The first 3 months are hard b/c the babies don’t really interact. But, it’s REALLY awesome when they start smiling and giggling.
Finally, after a few months a bed time routine is HUGE. No deviations, same routine, ALWAYS. My boys been sleeping through the night since 3 months. The routine is $$$$$.
Congrats Dad!!! It’s awesome.
That ain't carrot juice we're drinking :)Have a drink on me, Daffy. I have a feeling you're going to need it
My first is only 4 months, and here’s what I learned: you can never have too many bottles. You will spend 11 hours everyday washing those damn things. Stock up.
Same thing with diapers. If you see a good deal, buy ‘em all. You will use them. Also, if you were a Hygiene freak, you won’t be for long. Baby poop on your hands is not uncommon. Pee, spit up, etc is part of my daily wardrobe.
Sleep, nah don’t need it. Clutter free home, don’t need that either.
You thought your wife was always right before, now she’s double right. Just roll with it.
It’s easy to overreact when the kids screaming. 99% of the time, he’s either hungry, dirty, or tired so don’t get too worked up. If he’s clean and fed, a swaddle usually calmed him down.
The first 3 months are hard b/c the babies don’t really interact. But, it’s REALLY awesome when they start smiling and giggling.
Finally, after a few months a bed time routine is HUGE. No deviations, same routine, ALWAYS. My boys been sleeping through the night since 3 months. The routine is $$$$$.
Congrats Dad!!! It’s awesome.
Bentley born at 12:06 am and Cayden at 12:14 am. Boys are doing great and Mom did AMAZING! Thanks for everyone's support, we really appreciate it! Now let me join my fellow chatterers again please!
You evidently didn’t look at the picture.Congrats boss! Are they identical?
You evidently didn’t look at the picture.
Identical twin babies would both look wrinkly and contorted identically.I see two wrinkly, contorted babies. Other than race, I can’t tell two babies apart anyway. Babies all look like they needed to bake a few more months.
Well done dude! Congratulations, you're in for a wild ride, my friend.
Three pieces of advice regarding diapers. (What I say here may seem confusing now, but will make perfect sense later on, I assure you):
1) Stop biting your nails. I learned this the hard way.
2) Never change a diaper with your eyes closed or while yawning. I also learned this the hard way. (BTW, you may not realize this now, but most of your waking hours for the next few years will be spent either yawning or with your eyes closed.)
3) Diaper Genie. Great idea, right? WRONG. If you don't know what one of these things is, it essentially turns your baby's poo into an endless series of link sausage. You simply drop the disgusting, soiled, smelly, awful diaper into the Genie, close the lid and voilà it disappears into the contraption's 50-ft long plastic bag repository which will coil inside the innards of the device like an elephant's intestinal tract, seemingly never to be heard from again.
That's the attractive part. I used this soul-sucking device for four years before I realized how screwed up my life had become because of it. Even if you're one of those hyper-organized dudes who has everything on a schedule (which I am not), when it comes to the chore of emptying the Diaper Genie (and, by the way, this task always falls on the father), the overpowering stench, the sh!t eating gnats going up your nose, and the gagging that accompanies the effort is almost unbearable. When you lack sleep, lack basic reasoning skills, lack any sense of time and space, as all new fathers do, the accumulation of diapers can go on for weeks without you realizing it. At that point, the weight of the "sausage links" alone makes the task of emptying this monster difficult, and if you don't vomit during the process, consider yourself lucky. Whatsmore, it needs to be cleaned out and sprayed with Lysol every time you dump it. The "odor proof" lid on it is so effective that it traps a volatile and noxious combination of ammonia and methane that becomes embedded in its interior walls.
When I finally realized I'd had it, I threw the God awful thing, nasty sausage links and all into the garbage pile for trash collection. I can only imagine the vermin that tried to get into it that night and the horror they must have discovered. From that point on, I had a stack of plastic Publix bags next to a very small diaper pale. I wrapped the diapers up in the bags and threw them in the pale. When the pale was full, (about every other day), I simply emptied it into a large trash bag for disposal. This could be the most valuable piece of advice you ever get. Go forth and do likewise, my friend. Go forth and do likewise.
This.Congrats my dude! Good looking offspring right there. Might I suggest a healthy mix of weights and cardio for them both along with an aggressive diet of meat and potatoes!
I too have twins that will be 13 next month. You will learn 2 things real fast: a.) how to sleep literally anywhere, anytime and b.)complete and utter disdain for anyone who *****es about raising 1 child.
Good luck, you are in for a fun ride!