About your pregnancy and/or the hazy newborn months?
I just read a few posts from MoMs who are in the trenches right now and it made me think about things I remember from the newborn fog.
I remember feeling sooo refreshed if I had a solid two hours of sleep! Haha, right now I'd lose it if I kept that sleep schedule again!
I really do miss those sleepy newborns, but we're having so much fun now at 12 months.
Those of you who made it out of the trenches, what's your favorite memory?
Re: Anyone care to reminisce with me?
I miss the pregnancy every. single. day. I miss the questions from strangers. I miss the anticipation of when they'd make their arrival (after I was in the safe zone of course) I miss the movement most of all.
Knowing what I know now, I wish I could go back and do it all over again. Had I known that they were going to be okay, I would have loved to spend less time worrying and more time enjoying it all.
I also miss the newborn days. The lack of sleep. It was my special time alone with the babies in the middle of the night when they'd cry and all of a sudden just stop as soon as you picked them up like "ahhh mommy I thought you'd never hear me calling you..."
But I'm trying to enjoy my sleep again, for a few more months, at least.
I truly have lost my mind lol
My favorite moment - bringing them both home. After a dramatic scary pregnancy and 11 and 14 days in the NICU, they were home, they were healthy, they were really mine!
I loved watching them discover each other and interact like NO OTHER babies do at such a young age. Even now at 2 years, they really do play TOGETHER and interactively, not just "parallel play" like most toddlers.
I miss being able to lay down and have a baby just sleep on me. I remember being so ungodly tired and dreading the next time a baby cried at night. But the instant I opened the door and saw their faces, I got the tingles inside and didn't care about my lack of sleep!
Videos of telling my family and husbands family that we are preggo...with twins!
That said, there were were nights when I would literally swear and punch my pillow when they woke up (for the third time in an hour) and I really did feel like we were being tortured by little sleep terrorists. If I'm being honest, there is very little that I miss about the newborn/infant stage. My babies must have sensed that because they have been walking since 9 months!
I love this age so much (They will be 1 in a few weeks). You can tell that their verbal comprehension is increasing exponentially and every second of every day there is some order emerging from the chaos in their little brains. Shoes go on feet. Hats go on heads. They can go get the ball, look at the bird, point at the doggie, etc. It's exhilarating!
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March 2012 IVF (MDL Protocol) Started stims 3/3; ER 3/11 (9R, 8M, 7F) ET 3/16 (5dt of 2 blasts graded 3AB and 3BA, 3 frosties(!!) Beta 3/26 = 386; Beta 3/28 = 827; u/s 4/11 says TWINS! Boy/Girl Twins delivered at 36 weeks 6 days
I miss pregnancy a lot. I miss the movements a lot. I wish I could go back and redo it all over again knowing what I know now.
I miss the cuddly newborn stage. My kiddos don't want to cuddle anymore unless they are sick or don't want to go to bed. I miss babies that stay where you put them lol.
I don't miss the sleepless nights though. I love all the firsts. Bringing them home after a month in the SCN was the best feeling ever.