Leah, Emma and Claire (and Jen and John)

John is back to work on Monday so we are trying to figure out a routine.Last night I fed the girls (Leah at 9:30pm and Emma at 10pm) and then we swaddled them up and put them to bed in their room. John and I went to bed at 11 and fully expected to be woken up around 2am - in fact we were bartering as to who would do the feed. At 4am I woke up and looked at the clock - my heart pretty much stopped. I woke up John and asked if I had somehow slept through the crying and he said that he hadn’t fed them. Convinced there was something wrong, I rushed into their room and not wanting to take any chances I felt both their foreheads rather than calmly listening for breathing. Of course I woke them both up which meant both John and I had to do the feed but we were both very happy they had gone 6 hours without a peep. They both went back to sleep and didn’t get up til 10am…two 6 hour stretches in a row!

Fingers crossed for tonight!

It’s hard to believe that Emma and Leah are six weeks old today. They had an appointment with Dr. Govan today and they are both doing very well. Leah weighed in at 6lbs 7ozs and Emma is now 5lbs 11ozs. The doctor was very impressed that I am able to keep up with feeding two babies and it eased my mind a bit since I always worry if they are getting enough.

We took the girls to the mall and Chapters today and they were very good. I keep on reading about this Baby Whisperer book that is supposed to help you get in tune with your baby with a big focus on sleeping habits. I had a look at it today and seeing as the girls are doing so well with their sleeping (5.5 hours last night for Emma!) I thought I would wait rather than mess with what might be a good thing.

We were also in Old Navy and they have so many cute little outfits but they are all way to big. Shopping usually isn’t my thing but I could see the fear in John’s eyes when we passed the cute clothes and I kept on saying - wouldn’t they look cute in that!