First Mall Trip

My mother came down this weekend to spend some time with the boys. She really is a great help, letting us get some sleep at night. Pat especially likes being able to get to bed early and sleep late. We are very lucky, since we have Pat's family help during the week. Without them I would have mounds of laundry and very unhappy babies. There are times I feel bad that I can't hold both of them during feedings. It is such a help when there are an extra pair of hands here to help with the endless feedings and numerous hugs babies need. I am very thankful to have been blessed with such wonderful parents and inlaws.

This weekend was filled with many firsts. To start we went to the mall. What a learning experience. I now know to bring my own water to make the formula, cold bottled water does not work well and the babies definitely do not like it. Dr. Browns nippled DO NOT work on the disposable formula bottles. Poor Kieran was soaked in his carrier with formula before we realized the nipples didn't work. All in all I a pretty sure I can not venture far from home alone yet. It was alot of work for the two of us. Rowan liked the mall he wanted to eat his way through it and Kieran slept the whole time.

Many people ask us how we handle both babies when we are alone. Thank god most of the time one baby is content and the other needs some love. But every now and then both babies need some love and only one set of hands is available. On Sunday I found myself alone with two fussy babies. After a long walk in the cold they still needed some love. SO the best solution I could come up with was to stack them. Thank god Pat came home before they woke, to save me.