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More frustrated/upset then "enjoying" my two month olds
I feel like a horrible parent.....I have these two beautiful boys and I just want them to sleep and not ever cry. Our pediatrician was talking about playing with them and everything and I just wanted to cry b/c I'm so tired! I find myself getting angry with them for crying so much (of course right now they're sleeping beautifully).
Am I nuts?
Spontaneous twin boy expected in November 2011!!!
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Re: More frustrated/upset then "enjoying" my two month olds
Nope! I had a ton of anxiety at that time and all I wanted was for them to sleep... I lived in constant fear of the double blow up.
It helped a lot after they turned 3 months and started sleeping better at night and had more predicatable patterns during the day.
Don't worry, there is a ton of "enjoying" left! Twin infancy is SO HARD!
4 Fresh IVF cycles + 1 FET where embies didn't survive the thaw = 2 perfect little men!
sFET 11/9/11 - Beta 11/18 BFP!
1000000 times this. I think anyone who really enjoys two month olds is on crack. They're cute but they're mostly needy and demanding and don't do anything. At 2 months old, we were lucky to all make it through the day fed, clean and alive. Not much enjoying going on in this household.
But 2 months turned into 4, which turned into 6 and, then, oh man, the fun really started. It's gotten more and more fun from about 6 months forward. When they were 2 months old, I cried nearly every day out of frustration, exhaustion and being overwhelmed. Now I cry almost daily - but it's from laughing so hard at what funny little people they are.
Just focus on survival for now. The good stuff is heading your way.
This. I HATED that time, especially since I was home alone with both of them all day. It will get better, trust us! When they start to smile and interact with you more, everything changes, in my opinion. Also, forget housework and other stuff - whenever they are napping, make sure you get some rest too!
Hang in there!
Not nuts at all!
Honestly, at this time when I look back, I really don't even remember nearly the first 4 months! It was such a period of straight sleep walking. Then their patterns became more apparent and we had kind of gotten the hang of the routine and the "new normal" of the household.
Hang in there! It'll get better.
Oh sweetie, you're doing a great job! Its incredibly hard to adjust to life with two infants. At some points when my babies were really young I found myself hanging on by a thread. I cried when they cried some days. I just couldn't take it anymore. It gets so much better though.
You're not nuts, you're human. Its hard, REALLY hard, but it gets better. I promise! Keep your head up!
All this. It got easier at 9 weeks when the girls started sleeping 6-7 hours. But you are definitely still in survival mode. It gets better I promise. You are in such a hard stage.....just get through it. However you be need to!