Background

On March 29, 2011, we were blessed with the arrival of our beautiful, identical
twin girls. We were very excited for this event, especially since it was
preceded by a 5 week hospital stay for me (and pretty much for Ches, too, since
he spent every night there with me).

Now we are trying to navigate the waters of parenthood. There is no amount
of mental preparation one can do to get ready for a new baby, let alone two
babies! I am creating this blog in order to share the experiences, but more
importantly, as a type of diary to capture all the moments I fear I will forget
if left up to just my brain to remember!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Everything is Bigger

Everything has become bigger int he Wilson household:
  1. Bottles - Since the girls have come home, we had used the Avent 4 fl. oz. bottles. We have made the switch to the 9 fl. oz. bottles. We need to buy more bottles!
  2. Appetite - It felt like they would always drink 4 oz. per meal. I am pretty sure they were at that amount for at least 2.5 months. Then that could not satiate their hunger any longer. They hovered around 5 oz. for a bit, but have happily settled on 6 oz. (except for the morning feeding which still lingers at 5 oz.).
  3. Bottle Nipples - When the girls hit 3 months, we tried to transition them to the nipples that have 3 tiny holes. They had a bit of a hard time adjusting to the faster flow, so we stuck with the 2 holes until they grew a bit more. Now they have no problem and enjoy the fact that they can get more fluid at a faster rate. Us parents like it too, especially in the middle of the night feeding, when it is quicker for them to finish up their bottles.
  4. Clothes - Each brand of clothes fits differently. Gerber's shrink a lot in the dryer, so you have to always buy large. We found the WalMart brand of clothes to run quite big, leading us to tact them as the brand for plus size babies. Carter's is our staple brand that we go by. Baby Gap and Gymboree seem to run pretty similar to Carter's. While they can still wear the 3-6 month onesies, they also can easily wear the 6-9 month sizes. There is even one solid 9 months size that they can feasibly wear.
  5. Diapers - The girls are moving on up to size 2 of diapers (at least in Pampers size).
  6. Car Seat Space - We had to take out the infant body liner. We still have the one for their head in the car seats, but we had to move it higher so it wasn't squeezing their shoulders.
  7. Tub Space - We ditched the hammock a while back. They have been excitedly working on their splashing so the tub has been moved into the actual bathtub.
  8. Cribs - We just ordered the second crib. Not sure how we are going to fit everything in their room. Hopefully years of successful Tetris experience will come in handy when trying to figure this out!
Only one things has shrunk in size - the amount of room in our house for anything non-baby related.

Posted by Kim at 8/27/2011 03:39:00 PM

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