Night #2

Well yesterday actually went pretty good...until 3:30. They went down for naps and thins were grand, until they ate at 3:30 and then Marshall never went back down!!! Presley finally went down around 5:50 and woke up at 6:20. So we started bed time routine at 6:30 and both babies were in bed at 7:30. They both cried hard until 8:05 and then just stopped, at the same time! (they are in different rooms) Then from 8:05 till about 8:25 I heard off and on whimpers, but that was it. Definitely an improvement! As Kyle said, "It's weird, we have a life again. We aren't rocking a baby or walking one around." How sad is that? It was so nice to be able to catch up on recorded t.v. (that also helped drown out the crying).

Marshall slept till 6:45 this morning, yay! I woke up at 1:50 to Presley crying and rolled over on her back. (the monitor was on super low). I fell back asleep till 3:30 and she was still crying! So Kyle went and turned her over, and immediately she stopped and was asleep. That is her main problem...rolling over onto her back and then she just screams because she wants to be on her tummy. She has rolled over back to tummy before, but not very much. You'd think she would just get pissed off enough that she would hurl her body over, but no. When Kyle rolled her over, he didn't soothe her at all. Just put her blanket on her and left. I know she has to learn to sleep on her back. But is it bad to turn her over after an hour and a half? She goes right to sleep! If anyone else has had similar difficulties please let me know! (and no, I don't care if you are a random person that I don't know, who follows my blog through someone else...we'll take any advice!)

So, in general things are better. They both woke up around 6:45-7 this morning and we ate and they went back down at 8. I think my goal is to get them to sleep till 7:30, so they are up a little longer before their nap, and the nap is closer to 9. Okay enough rambling about that!

Next week my mom and I are taking the babies to see/meet my grandma. She is in a nursing home out near Abilene (where my aunt lives). She does not remember who people are, and it is so hard for me to see her like that. I was extremely close to her growing up, and up until she got sick (which was oddly enough right around the time I was diagnosed with cancer). I cry every time, without fail. I even tear up when we pull into the parking lot. It is very important to me for her to meet the twins, and it breaks my heart that they will never really know "Grandma Reta" as Sophia calls her.

Anyway, keep fingers crossed that the nights get better and better!