It seems that the one thing that I hear over and over is that it is a good thing that I had triplets, since I seem to have the personality to be able to deal with them - meaning better me than them! I am no different than anyone else, in most ways. I think that the one thing that I may do differently is I pick my Battles. Let me give you a few examples:
For Easter we bought Harper a new pair of little pink plastic sandals. Due to lack of space in their Easter basket, we gave them to her a day early. She has worn those shoes every day since then, no matter what she is wearing. A purple polo shirt dress- pink plastic sandals. A pair of jean shorts and a bright orange shirt- those pink plastic sandals. A nice church dress- yup, you guessed it- pink plastic sandals. Do I stress? HELL NO. In the grand long term scheme of life does it matter what she wears on her feet? Nope- so it is all good.
Jack and Paul love purses. They fight over the four purses that are in their play bin. Do I worry about the fact that my sons are playing with purses? Nope- it keeps them happy and quiet, which is music to my ears!
Pauley one day threw a lay on the floor and scream in octaves never heard by human ears temper tantrym. Why? Haper had a ponytail and he wanted one. What did I do? I put a ponytail in his hair and loaded him into the car to go to church. (One of the nursery workers complimented me on how great it looked-- it was pretty spectacular, Pauley has one of those He should be muscle of the Mob faces) Did I stess about my son having a ponytail? No siree Bob!!! I put that sucker in and kept right on a'going!
So please, if you take nothing else from all of my ramblings, please try to relax and just go with the flow. The only battles worth fighting are the ones that will matter when you look back on them in 5 years.
Please join us for the next big leap on our path of life~
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
When you have three....
You never know what little things you will see or have to do. We finally cleaned under the sofas- who knew that you would have to do that when you have kids- and we found 1/3 of all the toys that they have owned in their lifetime. It was like a Little People graveyard with a few food items thrown in.
We have also noticed that their little personalities have really come out over the past few months.
Jack is The Entertainer- He will put on a show and then Bow (twice) and say Tank You! Tank You! Seriously where in the world do they learn these things??? He is also the one who will get to and figure out anything electronic. He was the first one to be fascinated with cell phones and any toy that makes noise.
Pauley is The Muscle- He was the first to sit up, the first to crawl, the first to walk. The first to give his brother a Horsey Ride down the hallway. I mean come on... what other 2 year old could do that? The first to do a chin up- yup that was our son at about 18 months old. I think that was the day before he pulled- not pushed- the heavy ass train table that we have in the living room. Dude, I really hope that boy is good at sports, otherwise his wife is not going to be able to afford to feed him.
Harper is The Mommy- She looks after her brothers and makes sure that everyone does as they are told. It is so cute, for now at least, to hear her say "No, Pauley, no take off shoes." or "Jack, I need toy Jack." She will tell them what they need to do or repeat what we tell them. She has not quite gotten the hang of LISTENING, but we are confident that will come in time.
One other thing that people do not quite think about is we have three children. What worked for you with ONE or maybe even TWO, may not work for us with three. I totally understand that they mean well, but let me tell you, a "tip" from someone who had one child (who apparently was completely perfect) does not always make me want to rush home and try it.
We do things a little differently, even if my mother would wish otherwise, and we find that for the most part they work for us. Some of our unique qualities are:
We feed the children in the living room. I know, I know - we are breaking every child rule that has ever existed. BUT- it works for us and we do not have to fight them when they are ready to get out of their chair and no one else is done. We also do not feel that it is necessary to be even with the children. Our philosophy is that it will all even out in the wash. Sometimes Harper needs a little more love or attention, or Jack needs for us to spend one on one time with him. Pauley may need for us to cuddle him a little before nap or we may let him get up early and just chill with us. We strongly feel that life is not going to be fair to them- they are not all going to be treated equally by everyone, so we want to help them understand now that that is not always a bad thing.
That's my little sidewalk of life right now, come join us as we skip over the next crack~
We have also noticed that their little personalities have really come out over the past few months.
Jack is The Entertainer- He will put on a show and then Bow (twice) and say Tank You! Tank You! Seriously where in the world do they learn these things??? He is also the one who will get to and figure out anything electronic. He was the first one to be fascinated with cell phones and any toy that makes noise.
Pauley is The Muscle- He was the first to sit up, the first to crawl, the first to walk. The first to give his brother a Horsey Ride down the hallway. I mean come on... what other 2 year old could do that? The first to do a chin up- yup that was our son at about 18 months old. I think that was the day before he pulled- not pushed- the heavy ass train table that we have in the living room. Dude, I really hope that boy is good at sports, otherwise his wife is not going to be able to afford to feed him.
Harper is The Mommy- She looks after her brothers and makes sure that everyone does as they are told. It is so cute, for now at least, to hear her say "No, Pauley, no take off shoes." or "Jack, I need toy Jack." She will tell them what they need to do or repeat what we tell them. She has not quite gotten the hang of LISTENING, but we are confident that will come in time.
One other thing that people do not quite think about is we have three children. What worked for you with ONE or maybe even TWO, may not work for us with three. I totally understand that they mean well, but let me tell you, a "tip" from someone who had one child (who apparently was completely perfect) does not always make me want to rush home and try it.
We do things a little differently, even if my mother would wish otherwise, and we find that for the most part they work for us. Some of our unique qualities are:
We feed the children in the living room. I know, I know - we are breaking every child rule that has ever existed. BUT- it works for us and we do not have to fight them when they are ready to get out of their chair and no one else is done. We also do not feel that it is necessary to be even with the children. Our philosophy is that it will all even out in the wash. Sometimes Harper needs a little more love or attention, or Jack needs for us to spend one on one time with him. Pauley may need for us to cuddle him a little before nap or we may let him get up early and just chill with us. We strongly feel that life is not going to be fair to them- they are not all going to be treated equally by everyone, so we want to help them understand now that that is not always a bad thing.
That's my little sidewalk of life right now, come join us as we skip over the next crack~
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The things you probably dont think about...
Ok- so we all know that having triplets is not common. I have read that it accounts for 1 out of every 8,000 births.
We had the devil of a time with picking out crib sets. We bought a Cowboy Bear Cowgirl Bear set once we knew we were pregnant. I had fallen in love with it two years before and of course it was no longer sold. Craig's List here we came. We found one- YEA US! Then we found out it was twins. Oh Crap! What do we do now??? So, we decided to wait to find out what sex children we were having and then get another Bear crib set. Great- we now have a plan of attack. Then we found out that we were getting another EXTRA present. DUDE....... Three styles of bears in one room- probably not going to look that great. Back to the drawing board. My friend, Charlotte, suggested that we put the original crib set up on the wall and use a different color of gingham for each child- just pull the colors out of the crib set. Fantastic, that is how we ended up with light blue, light green and light pink gingham crib sets. For those of you who are wondering --- Jack is blue, Pauley is green and duh, Harper is pink.
SIDE NOTE--- you would be AMAZED at how many people ask me "Which one is the little girl?" when we tell them that we have two boys and a girl and that their names are Jack, Paul and Harper. REALLY????? You have to ask which name is for a girl? Anyway...
Clothes. Well, lets just say that laundry is not a friend of our family. If we go without doing laundry for more than one day- we are already a week behind. For some reason, I can wash it, I can dy it - Hell I can even fold it. Putting it away, that is a whole other matter entirely. If they could only invent clothes that put themselves away. Of course, people were so very generous to us when it came to the baby shower. Our sister in law that has twins herself gave us a ton of stuff. Let me tell you- when you are pregnant you do not have to but a single piece of clothing for under 9 months!!! We put them in a different outfit each day just about. Everyone always asked where the white onesies were. I replied that we had too many cute outfits that I wanted to make sure that their tiny hinies hit before they outgrew that I could not waste time on the white onesies.
There are more little odd things that you probably never thought of, but I am tapped out for tonight. The little ones were up a little early this morning.
Join us on the next little skip down the yellow brick road~~~
We had the devil of a time with picking out crib sets. We bought a Cowboy Bear Cowgirl Bear set once we knew we were pregnant. I had fallen in love with it two years before and of course it was no longer sold. Craig's List here we came. We found one- YEA US! Then we found out it was twins. Oh Crap! What do we do now??? So, we decided to wait to find out what sex children we were having and then get another Bear crib set. Great- we now have a plan of attack. Then we found out that we were getting another EXTRA present. DUDE....... Three styles of bears in one room- probably not going to look that great. Back to the drawing board. My friend, Charlotte, suggested that we put the original crib set up on the wall and use a different color of gingham for each child- just pull the colors out of the crib set. Fantastic, that is how we ended up with light blue, light green and light pink gingham crib sets. For those of you who are wondering --- Jack is blue, Pauley is green and duh, Harper is pink.
SIDE NOTE--- you would be AMAZED at how many people ask me "Which one is the little girl?" when we tell them that we have two boys and a girl and that their names are Jack, Paul and Harper. REALLY????? You have to ask which name is for a girl? Anyway...
Clothes. Well, lets just say that laundry is not a friend of our family. If we go without doing laundry for more than one day- we are already a week behind. For some reason, I can wash it, I can dy it - Hell I can even fold it. Putting it away, that is a whole other matter entirely. If they could only invent clothes that put themselves away. Of course, people were so very generous to us when it came to the baby shower. Our sister in law that has twins herself gave us a ton of stuff. Let me tell you- when you are pregnant you do not have to but a single piece of clothing for under 9 months!!! We put them in a different outfit each day just about. Everyone always asked where the white onesies were. I replied that we had too many cute outfits that I wanted to make sure that their tiny hinies hit before they outgrew that I could not waste time on the white onesies.
There are more little odd things that you probably never thought of, but I am tapped out for tonight. The little ones were up a little early this morning.
Join us on the next little skip down the yellow brick road~~~
Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Tired Tantrum
This weekend we have had the pleasure? of seeing each child's tired tantrum.
Friday night we went to the childrens's museum and this kept them up about an hour later than they normally are. They were pretty good that night. But for some reason their little body clocks just don't know enough to sleep late the day after a big event. (Let me just tell you, some days I fantasize about the day when they are teenagers and just want to sleep in ...... That keeps me going some days!)
They all got up at pretty much normal time. We had planned to take them to the Easter Egg Hunt at our church that afternoon, which was from Noon to 2:30--- smack dab in the middle of their their normal nap time. Since they had been out late the night before and had gotten up at the normal time, I had the strange notion that they might actually go down a little earlier than normal and then we could enjoy the Hunt. Let's just leave it at The Boys Had Other Ideas. It's best that we not talk about that one in too much detail for the sanity of my husband....
Well,we got to see the Pout of Pauley that day. I have never in my life seen a bottom lip that could poke out so far. I would be willing to bet that he could actually trip over it. He actually stuck out his bottom lip, tilted his head down and looked up at us through his eyelashes. And then screamed. And rolled about on the floor. And gagged. And rolled over and made sure that we were watching. We were not. As entertaining as the Pauley Show was, we have seen it before, and this rerun was not enthralling us.
Today, we went to church and got a nice rendition of the Unhappy Harper Hour. This is where she stalks off to a corner of the room, crosses her arms and puts on her I Am Not Happy With You face. This is a pretty new developement, so this one is still pretty entertaining.
My niece had her birthday party tonight. YEA--- More excitement mixed with sugar and overtiredness--- OH JOY!
That leads us to Jack's tantrum--- his my toy chair fell out of my crib when I am trying to go to sleep tantrum. I have never seen so many tears shed over an inanimate object. A yellow chair. About the size of a meatball. That is what caused my son to cry as if he had lost everything in this world.
I LOVE my children. They are the best source of entertainment available.
Please come and join us on the next little cobblstone of our life~
Friday night we went to the childrens's museum and this kept them up about an hour later than they normally are. They were pretty good that night. But for some reason their little body clocks just don't know enough to sleep late the day after a big event. (Let me just tell you, some days I fantasize about the day when they are teenagers and just want to sleep in ...... That keeps me going some days!)
They all got up at pretty much normal time. We had planned to take them to the Easter Egg Hunt at our church that afternoon, which was from Noon to 2:30--- smack dab in the middle of their their normal nap time. Since they had been out late the night before and had gotten up at the normal time, I had the strange notion that they might actually go down a little earlier than normal and then we could enjoy the Hunt. Let's just leave it at The Boys Had Other Ideas. It's best that we not talk about that one in too much detail for the sanity of my husband....
Well,we got to see the Pout of Pauley that day. I have never in my life seen a bottom lip that could poke out so far. I would be willing to bet that he could actually trip over it. He actually stuck out his bottom lip, tilted his head down and looked up at us through his eyelashes. And then screamed. And rolled about on the floor. And gagged. And rolled over and made sure that we were watching. We were not. As entertaining as the Pauley Show was, we have seen it before, and this rerun was not enthralling us.
Today, we went to church and got a nice rendition of the Unhappy Harper Hour. This is where she stalks off to a corner of the room, crosses her arms and puts on her I Am Not Happy With You face. This is a pretty new developement, so this one is still pretty entertaining.
My niece had her birthday party tonight. YEA--- More excitement mixed with sugar and overtiredness--- OH JOY!
That leads us to Jack's tantrum--- his my toy chair fell out of my crib when I am trying to go to sleep tantrum. I have never seen so many tears shed over an inanimate object. A yellow chair. About the size of a meatball. That is what caused my son to cry as if he had lost everything in this world.
I LOVE my children. They are the best source of entertainment available.
Please come and join us on the next little cobblstone of our life~
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Triplet Statistic ~ Part 2
Ok, well you heard about some of the infant things that we needed, here is a list of the Gear.
3 Infant Car Seats at $149 each- My Mother In Law purchased these for us along with a billion other things! : )
3 Cribs
3 Bumbo's - and let me tell you chubby babies do NOT fit well!!! Sorry, Paul.
3 High Chairs
3 Bouncy Seats
15 Crib Sheets
50 Baby Blankets
30 Burp Cloths
2 Play Pens
1 Bassinet
1 Swing - Thank You Fisher Price for selling a PLUG IN Swing!!!
1,000 Wipes every two and a half weeks or so
12 Pacifiers
84 bottles, in two sizes 4 and 8 ounce
1 Exersaucer
1 Jump-a-Roo
1 Around-We-Go - BEST thing ever!!! Harper walked over one million miles in this little toy- although it does not adjust for height.
Now, what do our children eat? Well, lets talk about that now...
Each week we go through:
5 gallons of milk
1 half gallon of apple juice
2 quarts of strawberries (this is two snacks worth)
2 cucumbers
5 packages of oatmeal
6 eggs
1 package of bologna
1 package of provolone cheese
2 cans of Gerber cheese and veggie puggs
3 cheeseburgers
4 pot pies
10 PB&J's
2 cans of peas
1 can of green beans
1 bag of broccoli
1 can each of broccoli cheese soup and bean and bacon soup
2 cans of double noodle soup
2 packages of chicken nuggets
1 box of fish sticks (44 sticks)
2/3 box of graham crackers
1 package of butter cookies
1 family package of rib patties
12 individual cups of pudding
6 individual cups of ice cream
1/2 gallon of chocolate milk
2 apples
Large can each of fruit cocktail, manadrin oranges, peaches and pears
5 bananas
1 1/2 pounds of grapes
1 assorted box of Lance snack crackers
10 waffles
1/2 box of mini-pancakes
1 box of sausage links
And that is just for the children...
Tired of listing now.. Will continue with the toddler gear next time!
See you on that next little skip~
3 Infant Car Seats at $149 each- My Mother In Law purchased these for us along with a billion other things! : )
3 Cribs
3 Bumbo's - and let me tell you chubby babies do NOT fit well!!! Sorry, Paul.
3 High Chairs
3 Bouncy Seats
15 Crib Sheets
50 Baby Blankets
30 Burp Cloths
2 Play Pens
1 Bassinet
1 Swing - Thank You Fisher Price for selling a PLUG IN Swing!!!
1,000 Wipes every two and a half weeks or so
12 Pacifiers
84 bottles, in two sizes 4 and 8 ounce
1 Exersaucer
1 Jump-a-Roo
1 Around-We-Go - BEST thing ever!!! Harper walked over one million miles in this little toy- although it does not adjust for height.
Now, what do our children eat? Well, lets talk about that now...
Each week we go through:
5 gallons of milk
1 half gallon of apple juice
2 quarts of strawberries (this is two snacks worth)
2 cucumbers
5 packages of oatmeal
6 eggs
1 package of bologna
1 package of provolone cheese
2 cans of Gerber cheese and veggie puggs
3 cheeseburgers
4 pot pies
10 PB&J's
2 cans of peas
1 can of green beans
1 bag of broccoli
1 can each of broccoli cheese soup and bean and bacon soup
2 cans of double noodle soup
2 packages of chicken nuggets
1 box of fish sticks (44 sticks)
2/3 box of graham crackers
1 package of butter cookies
1 family package of rib patties
12 individual cups of pudding
6 individual cups of ice cream
1/2 gallon of chocolate milk
2 apples
Large can each of fruit cocktail, manadrin oranges, peaches and pears
5 bananas
1 1/2 pounds of grapes
1 assorted box of Lance snack crackers
10 waffles
1/2 box of mini-pancakes
1 box of sausage links
And that is just for the children...
Tired of listing now.. Will continue with the toddler gear next time!
See you on that next little skip~
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Triplet Statistic
I am willing to bet that you are just a little bit curious about what types of things and in what number you need to have in order to raise triplets. Well here is a sampling:
Two and a half cans, 32.5 ounces each, of powdered formula a week - that equaled $72 a week
One hundred and twenty six bottles per week - I, in a stroke of genius, decided to put the dry powder and rice cereal that was needed for reflux into each bottle and just add warm tap water- that way we did not have any worries that the formula would expire, since they are only good for 24 hours once mixed
Fourteen to twenty loads of clothes each week
Four bottles of Mylicon each week - yup, our kids lived on that stuff!
Obviously, these are only for the infant times... Stay tuned for the next little installment~
Two and a half cans, 32.5 ounces each, of powdered formula a week - that equaled $72 a week
One hundred and twenty six bottles per week - I, in a stroke of genius, decided to put the dry powder and rice cereal that was needed for reflux into each bottle and just add warm tap water- that way we did not have any worries that the formula would expire, since they are only good for 24 hours once mixed
Fourteen to twenty loads of clothes each week
Four bottles of Mylicon each week - yup, our kids lived on that stuff!
Obviously, these are only for the infant times... Stay tuned for the next little installment~
The New Car
We FINALLY got a MINIVAN!!! WOO-HOO!
The babies love it, but they do not like the fact that we can no longer pick up their toys that they drop and hand them back.
Lets see- I have joined Facebook, I have a blog and now I have a Mini-Van. CRAP- I'm a techno-savvy mini-van MoM.... Who would have ever guessed???
Join us for the next highway exit~
The babies love it, but they do not like the fact that we can no longer pick up their toys that they drop and hand them back.
Lets see- I have joined Facebook, I have a blog and now I have a Mini-Van. CRAP- I'm a techno-savvy mini-van MoM.... Who would have ever guessed???
Join us for the next highway exit~
Monday, April 11, 2011
The Three Tantrums
Here is a sneak peek at what mornings are like in our house:
Imagine a house at 6:30 am. It is quiet and dawn has just broken. Birds are starting to chirp.
Suddenly, Jack and Paul are both up and talking to each other. Paul is tell Jack to "Wake Up Jack." Jack is screaming "ROAR!" They are both jumping in their cribs so hard that I am not sure the bottoms will hold.
Then, down the hallway- faint knocking on a wooden door. A small voice says "Mama. Mama. You there Mama?"
Clearly it is time to get up.
I go into the boys room because it is much closer. I open the door and Pauley says "MAMA" Jack promply chimes in "Go away Mama, my want Daddy." I lift Paul out- and he is off to the lamp to turn it off. Then on. Then off. Then the radio- same story.
I go to Jack to lift him out and he pushes me away. "My want Daddy" So, I lift him out anyway- and for now, there is no tantrum. He is off to the heater to turn it off. Then on. Then off. Then, well you get the picture.
By now, my husband has made his way down the hall to Little Miss Harper's room. He opens the door and is immediately met with "No, my want Mama." And then she strong arms him out of the way. Should he lift her over her gate- she cries. Please let me describe these tears. They are the size of grapefruits. The well up IMMEDIATELY, as soon as the wrong has occured. They then make tracks down her plump little cheeks faster than you can say "Don't cry." They do not stop once mama has appeared. Her world has now been completely broken apart- nothing will ever be the same. Until you give her Dora and some Milk. Now, she doesnt even know who mama is.
Join us on Part II of this little side trip, won't you?
Imagine a house at 6:30 am. It is quiet and dawn has just broken. Birds are starting to chirp.
Suddenly, Jack and Paul are both up and talking to each other. Paul is tell Jack to "Wake Up Jack." Jack is screaming "ROAR!" They are both jumping in their cribs so hard that I am not sure the bottoms will hold.
Then, down the hallway- faint knocking on a wooden door. A small voice says "Mama. Mama. You there Mama?"
Clearly it is time to get up.
I go into the boys room because it is much closer. I open the door and Pauley says "MAMA" Jack promply chimes in "Go away Mama, my want Daddy." I lift Paul out- and he is off to the lamp to turn it off. Then on. Then off. Then the radio- same story.
I go to Jack to lift him out and he pushes me away. "My want Daddy" So, I lift him out anyway- and for now, there is no tantrum. He is off to the heater to turn it off. Then on. Then off. Then, well you get the picture.
By now, my husband has made his way down the hall to Little Miss Harper's room. He opens the door and is immediately met with "No, my want Mama." And then she strong arms him out of the way. Should he lift her over her gate- she cries. Please let me describe these tears. They are the size of grapefruits. The well up IMMEDIATELY, as soon as the wrong has occured. They then make tracks down her plump little cheeks faster than you can say "Don't cry." They do not stop once mama has appeared. Her world has now been completely broken apart- nothing will ever be the same. Until you give her Dora and some Milk. Now, she doesnt even know who mama is.
Join us on Part II of this little side trip, won't you?
Sunday, April 10, 2011
The Pillows
It is amazing. What little thing will keep them occupied. This morning it was couch cushions, four in total, laid out in a path on the floor- so they could walk on them.
That little thing kept them occupied for over 20 minutes. Last night it was a small bottle of bubbles. Yesterday afternoon it was my mom's red jacket. They all had to put it on and model it.
I just wonder what little thing it will be next...
Come hop down the trail with us~
That little thing kept them occupied for over 20 minutes. Last night it was a small bottle of bubbles. Yesterday afternoon it was my mom's red jacket. They all had to put it on and model it.
I just wonder what little thing it will be next...
Come hop down the trail with us~
Saturday, April 9, 2011
The Three Little Teachers
The wonderful thing about having a family, is how much they teach you about yourself and the world you thought you were living in.
As anybody who has a child, pet they treat like a child or a husband who acts like a child knows: It's sometimes the littlest things that make the biggest impact.
The thing that I can not get out of my head today, is how they totally, completely and undeniably think that YOU can fix anything. From the perfect PB&J (you have no idea ow many of those we go through in a week) to fabric on a chair that is unraveling to a broken banana. If anyone knows how to fix the banana without using a toothpick- PLEASE let me know!
It's just amazing that as we go along we are always wondering if we can do something or if we are smart enough, thin enough, fast enough, good enough. Our children always think that we hung the Moon and that there is nothing that we cannot do.
I promise Pauley, that one day Mama will get around to fixing Great-Grandma Grace's Orange chair- I never want you to think that there is anything that I cannot do.
Thank you for teaching me how wonderful I am.
Join on the next little hop down the path~
As anybody who has a child, pet they treat like a child or a husband who acts like a child knows: It's sometimes the littlest things that make the biggest impact.
The thing that I can not get out of my head today, is how they totally, completely and undeniably think that YOU can fix anything. From the perfect PB&J (you have no idea ow many of those we go through in a week) to fabric on a chair that is unraveling to a broken banana. If anyone knows how to fix the banana without using a toothpick- PLEASE let me know!
It's just amazing that as we go along we are always wondering if we can do something or if we are smart enough, thin enough, fast enough, good enough. Our children always think that we hung the Moon and that there is nothing that we cannot do.
I promise Pauley, that one day Mama will get around to fixing Great-Grandma Grace's Orange chair- I never want you to think that there is anything that I cannot do.
Thank you for teaching me how wonderful I am.
Join on the next little hop down the path~
Friday, April 8, 2011
Throughly Terrific Thought~
Last night as I was putting my daughter down to sleep, she asked me when I was leaving "Mama, you happy?" I replied "Yes honey, I am always happy since all of you are now in my life." She replied "Me happy too."
These are the little moments that bring tears to your eyes and swell your heart with love.
Stay tuned for the next little step that we take along the path.
These are the little moments that bring tears to your eyes and swell your heart with love.
Stay tuned for the next little step that we take along the path.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Terrible Teething Twosome
Yep, that's right, two children are teething. Harper seems to be dealing with it best- not too grumpy, just needs a little more cuddles and hugs than normal. Jack, well Jack is a different story. Let me give you some background on Jack. Jack was our baby A, so he was first out of the gate. He had the worst case of reflux. He also had slightly spastic limbs- his arms and legs would shoot out randomly at any time. It made him look like he was dancing to his own music. Jack is also our little Stevie Wonder- that boy has SOUL! When he gets grooving to the music his head is just going side to side and his legs are wiggling and his arms are just a'getting it!
Jack is also our little Pitiful One. When he is not happy, which is not too often, the ENTIRE WORLD comes to an end. He wails and sobs like his heart is breaking. It is truly Oscar worthy! So, the other night when we were driving home he decided that he wanted to go "THAT WAY!" He flung is arm up over his head and pointed behind him- for the rest of the twenty minute car ride, sobbing and wailing "No, My want to go THAT way!" At the top of his lungs, tears streaming down his face. Daddy and I were laughing (quietly of course) in the front seat, while we tried to calm him down and assure him that we were now driving THAT WAY.
That is our one little cobblestone for today- please join us again as we navigtate this windy little path.
Jack is also our little Pitiful One. When he is not happy, which is not too often, the ENTIRE WORLD comes to an end. He wails and sobs like his heart is breaking. It is truly Oscar worthy! So, the other night when we were driving home he decided that he wanted to go "THAT WAY!" He flung is arm up over his head and pointed behind him- for the rest of the twenty minute car ride, sobbing and wailing "No, My want to go THAT way!" At the top of his lungs, tears streaming down his face. Daddy and I were laughing (quietly of course) in the front seat, while we tried to calm him down and assure him that we were now driving THAT WAY.
That is our one little cobblestone for today- please join us again as we navigtate this windy little path.
Ok-so lets give you a little back ground. We had IVF, worked the first time. They put in two Grade 4+ embryos and we got out THREE 10+ children! They insist that the boys are identical- can't prove it by me.
My pregnancy was about as smooth as could be. The delivery at 34 weeks 5 days was pretty routine too. We are not going to talk about my recovery (lets just say complications). The children however did fantastic. Jack, actually it is James Alexander- was born first weighing in at 3 1/2 pounds. Paul Xavier came next at a whopping 5 1/2 pounds. Harper Noel was last weighing in at a respectable 5 pounds even. Paul was put on a C-PAP machine and both boys were in the NICU for 24 hours. Harper went straight to the PCN (progressive care nursery- basically they just need to grow).
Paul and Harper came home at 2 weeks, to the day. Jack joined them 5 days later.
So, we had three newborns. New parents. NO IDEA what to do. NO IDEA how to do it. Please be assured we took ALL the classes offered, but nothing prepares you. The babies didn't know any better, so they flourished. We had severe bouts of reflux but medicince and Good Ole Dr. Brown's Bottles took care of that! And then, they were off to the races to grow!
At one year, all of them talked and walked. Jack was 24 pounds, Paul was 32 and Harper was 29.
At two years old, all of them fought, threw temper tantrums, hit, bit, kicked, pushed, shoved, cried, screamed, loved, hugged, kissed and shared with each other- and were completely normal two year olds. Jack was 27 pounds, Paul was 36 and Harper was 33. We could not get heights on them because none of them would stand still long enough.
So, there you have it - there is our story of a normal life with two year old triplets. I hope you join us for the next little cobblestone of life. See you there!
My pregnancy was about as smooth as could be. The delivery at 34 weeks 5 days was pretty routine too. We are not going to talk about my recovery (lets just say complications). The children however did fantastic. Jack, actually it is James Alexander- was born first weighing in at 3 1/2 pounds. Paul Xavier came next at a whopping 5 1/2 pounds. Harper Noel was last weighing in at a respectable 5 pounds even. Paul was put on a C-PAP machine and both boys were in the NICU for 24 hours. Harper went straight to the PCN (progressive care nursery- basically they just need to grow).
Paul and Harper came home at 2 weeks, to the day. Jack joined them 5 days later.
So, we had three newborns. New parents. NO IDEA what to do. NO IDEA how to do it. Please be assured we took ALL the classes offered, but nothing prepares you. The babies didn't know any better, so they flourished. We had severe bouts of reflux but medicince and Good Ole Dr. Brown's Bottles took care of that! And then, they were off to the races to grow!
At one year, all of them talked and walked. Jack was 24 pounds, Paul was 32 and Harper was 29.
At two years old, all of them fought, threw temper tantrums, hit, bit, kicked, pushed, shoved, cried, screamed, loved, hugged, kissed and shared with each other- and were completely normal two year olds. Jack was 27 pounds, Paul was 36 and Harper was 33. We could not get heights on them because none of them would stand still long enough.
So, there you have it - there is our story of a normal life with two year old triplets. I hope you join us for the next little cobblestone of life. See you there!
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