Twins In the Night
After six weeks of trying to get it together, I still haven’t gotten it together. I don’t know how often the babies wake up during the night. I don’t know which one is eating more, sleeping more, or having more diaper changes during the night. It’s dark. I just grab whichever baby is crying (I can’t even tell their cries apart, by the way!), change Baby’s diaper, and latch Baby onto whichever side feels the fullest.
Dear Husband did have the idea of putting the couches together to make one great co-sleeper. Before going to bed, I join the loveseat and the sofa, tuck a blanket into the cushions so that the babies won’t fall through the cracks, and prepare a diaper changing station. I fall asleep in my proper room and about three hours later, I pick up a crying baby and move her to the couch. She falls asleep while latched on to nurse, and so do I. I don’t know when the second baby wakes up, but the first baby wakes up when I unlatch her. So I have two babies to latch. Throughout the rest of the night, the three of us sleep together. Sometimes we are joined by a third girl who is *way* to big to fit with us, but we manage. I wake up to the gurgling sounds of the coffee maker or to the older children’s laughter. Refreshed!
