100 Days…

From the Twin-Daddy

As of today we break the 100 day mark to our minimum goal of 36 weeks.  There is a 50-50 chance that within the next hundred days we will jump into all the insane and bleary-eyed bliss of parenthood.  I’m not certain why but the prospect of counting down from 100 is intriguing and exciting to me.

This week we are looking at new rental houses, and we hope to have something picked out by Friday.  We could end up moving as early as Memorial Day if everything goes well.  I know exactly why the prospect of packing my house and moving my pregnant wife is not intriguing or exciting to me.

Seriously, we were initially not very happy about it, but our attitude may be swinging in the other direction.  By moving, we may get more space for the family and end up a little closer to the people and things in Sacramento that we like.  Our commute should be almost the same so that is something to be happy about.

Learning Strange Skills

This young man is helpfully demonstrating how to breastfeed one twin.

Tonight is the socially awkward parenting class about breastfeeding, and once again we hit special challenges in this regard.  Normally, a mom can hold the child before her in her arms.  It’s idyllic, serene, and practically an inspirational gift card.  It is so sweet you want to hug a kitten.

My wife will have to use a double-football grip with one kid snugged up under each armpit and their heads poking out in front like little milk-thirsty groundhogs.  I expect it will be harder to be discreet with a carefully placed blanket when you have two hungry boys and no free hands.   It means that semi-public feedings are probably not an option for us.  That is perhaps less idyllic and more rugged frontier-chick mothering.

I know you’re trying to picture how this works and it’s probably an entertaining mental picture.  I like to liven it up by imagining that she is running towards the end-zone at the same time.

She’s on the twenty!

She’s on the ten!

Touchdown Twin-Mommy!!

The crowd goes wild!!

The boys are doing their traditional end-zone belch!!

She certainly has some skills with those taa-taas!!

Babies Countdown – The Double Header

127 days until September 8

• Today is our final child birthing class.
• Wednesday, May 5 is our next OB-GYN appointment.
• Wednesday, May 12 is our next appointment with the Perinators.
• Thursday, May 20 and the twins become viable as early as 24 weeks.
• Thursday, June 17 is Homefree Day. 90% of twins born at 28 weeks survive and that number only gets better from there on out.
• Thursday, August 12 and we hit our goal of 36 weeks minimum. From here on the twins could come at any time.
• Thursday, September 9 and we hit 40 weeks. This is our due date even if we expect the twins to possibly come sooner.
• 4 Weeks Post Delivery – Look for baby smiles.
• Sometime After the Delivery – 4.5 months of the Twinsanity Interval.