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We've all heard the term "sleep like a baby." But as any mom can tell you...baby's most often don't sleep like babies . As a first time new mom parenting can feel overwhelming. I remember feeling SO PREPARED when it came to pregnancy and even labor and delivery but I felt clueless when I got home with my new baby and then had to actually start parenting him.
This post was written by Cole Ramirz as a guest post for my blog! I know SO MANY mamas are pregnant with twins and it can be overwhelming to know what is actually needed...enjoy her insight on this topic! ***** With each baby, I have developed more of a LESS IS MORE attitude. My husband hates clutter (and really, so do I), so with each new child I've felt some pressure to really pare down baby items to just the necessities. But of course, we have twins. What does this mean in terms of STUFF? we thought. Do we need two of everything ? Two cribs, two swings, two pack and plays? Double the clothes, the diapers, the bottles, and the wipes? OH THE FEAR IN MY HUSBAND'S EYES. She's not going to buy two of those huge jumparoos is she?
Tess's 3rd week of life was from August 14th through August 20th. She was two weeks old during this week! Nursing: I know she's still a "newborn" but at 2 weeks old a lot of the early stages of the newborn life kinda fade...Tess started to be MUCH more alert and awake for her feedings at this point. Tess started latching on easier at this age as well. If she came off the breast she would go back on super quickly without much effort from me. She also started being less frantic to nurse. I could tell she trusted us. When it was time to eat she knew we'd feed her and wasn't in such a rush about it. It was nice to have a calm baby when she first woke up! I have a "bad breast." My left one got destroyed with all my nursing issues with Kye. I wish I could put a picture up bc seriously it's awful . When Tess was born it hurt for her to eat on that side every single feeding. The latching process was just very painful. Enough where anyone in the...
