Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year!
Things at my house have been a bit insane these past weeks. Between working and commuting, I haven't had time for much. I worked Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday last week and when I got home from work on Thursday (I got off early yay!) I ended up taking Johnathan to urgent care and they diagnosed him with RSV and an ear infection. They gave me albuterol, steroids, and antibiotics for him. Poor guy. I took him home and we went to bed!
On Christmas Eve, we went and had brunch with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins at Cracker Barrel. After we went there, we headed back up to Girard to exchange gifts with Marc's Mom, Dad, and his sisters and their families. That was so much fun. Let me tell you. I wish you could hear the sarcasm in my voice right now (well you can't because I am typing lol) Just imagine 7 kids and 8 adults exchanging presents all at the same time. CHAOS! After that was over, Marc and Joey went to Marc's uncle's house for the Starks' side gathering. The twins and I didn't go because they were still feeling awful. I had a few moments to myself and enjoyed some tv with no requests to watch Toy Story.
Christmas morning came and the boys woke up later than normal (which was perfectly fine by me) and we went downstairs and got them their morning bottles and sippy cup and started in on the presents. We didn't get much for the boys this year because we knew that they would be getting a haul from everyone else and because money is tight. Also because we knew that they didn't know any better. They have no idea about presents anyways, so why fuss and fret when they don't understand. We ended up getting ready and heading down to my mom and dads house to celebrate with them. We got there around noon and proceeded to open presents. This year I was all about giving presents that I knew that the people would really like, not just things that they wanted. (except dad. He is the hardest to surprise. He will just tell us what he wants and that is the best thing to get him.) As silly as it sounds, I was most excited to give Jesse his present. When mom and I went to Arcola, I picked up his present in one of the little shops there. I got him a mustard sampler pack. First of all, he LOVES mustard. I don't mean just likes the stuff, I mean he puts it on anything that he can. He also loves peppers. Habniero and jalapeno to be exact. The hotter the better. What better thing to find than some Habinerio and Jalapeno flavored mustard! There were also a few others, like garlic mustard, that he sounded like he would enjoy as well. He even asked where he could get refills! It made me happy to know that I knew my brother well enough to know what he would like and I hope that he realized that I spent time picking out something that would be perfect for him! I also made my mom a cover for her Kindle for Christmas. It wasn't perfect, but she said it didn't have to be. I wanted it to be something that she loved. Something that she knew that I took my time on just for her. I hope she loves it!
Well after opening presents and eating, I realized that Jonah felt very warm and was having some troubles breathing. I figured that he too had RSV and that he needed to be seen at the ER. I called the after hours line for my doctors office and they told us to head to Children's Hospital. We headed in there and mom and dad watched the boys. After a few Albuterol treatments, the test results came back that he did indeed have RSV as well. They sent us home on treatments and with some steroids to help his lungs. So much for a good Christmas! Oh well!
I was supposed to work the day after Christmas, but I realized that I would be so worried about the boys being sick and that Marc would get overwhelmed with everything he had to do for them and more likely than not, they would be pretty cranky, I called in. They had extra people on the schedule at work, so I didn't feel bad by calling in. We headed back to Girard once mom and dad left for church.
We got up there and tried to get things a bit organized despite having so much stuff to put away. We are so blessed to have so much stuff for the boys! We don't have to worry about clothes for a while! And the same for toys! We have way more than we need! We got the boys settled in and things somewhat straightened out and we all tried to rest. I tried to clean a bit around our bedroom, but didn't get very far.
Monday, Marc had to go back to work, so I was alone with the boys. It wasn't a bad day at all. I just tried to keep them comfortable and fed. The day went by pretty fast, and before you knew it, Marc was home and it was time to eat and get the kids ready for bed.
Tuesday I had to call into work again. It wasn't considered a second absence, so I called in. .The boys weren't well enough to go to Ashley's house anyways. I didn't want to risk her getting sick as well. The boys and I just sat around at home and had a low key day. I just prayed that they would get better! The rest of the week was spent with Marc at home just having fun. We played with a lot of their new toys and just enjoyed each other.
Overall, I had a great year. Between the boys being born and the fun that I have had with all of them, I am truely blessed. Things have been a little rocky to say the least, but I know that God has his hand in everything and everything will be ok!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Merry and Happy
Flower Sugar Giveaway!
Look at this sweet giveaway over here at Retro Mummy! The fat quarters of this material is so sweet! I would love to have this to make a quilt for a sweet little girl! Head on over here to enter!
My Review of My Very Own Kitchen
Originally submitted at CSN Stores
Features:
- Compact size
- The 19 piece kitchen set includes a microwave, range, grill area, conventional oven, dish organizer and plenty of shelf space
- Accessories include cups, dishes, silverware, pots, pans, cooking utensils, a pitcher, a cell...
Very Cute! A lot of assembly required
This kitchen is very very cute. My 2 year old loves it! It isn't very tall or big, but it gives my son the just of what a kitchen is like. There was a lot of assembly required though. It took me over an hour to put it all together. You do have to have a clipping tool and a screwdriver to put it together. I also didn't have enough screws, but I was able to get by without them. The quality of it is pretty good as well. I do believe that it will last for a few years!
(legalese)
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thankful on a Friday...
Bah Humbug! That is what I feel like saying right now. So many things to be thankful for, but its hard to see those when doubt and depression overshadow them. My head has been in a fog for so long. I am starting to see things a little clearer with the help of some medication, but its not completely clear yet.
God has shown me that he is still there. Through my fog, I wasn't really focusing on him and what he wanted me to do. I was trying to do things on my own. Then it hit me. My blessing. I was going through the mail that had just been laid on the desk. I was trying to clean off the desk to make things a little less cluttered. I found an envelope that I never knew that I got. Figuring it was another bill, I opened it and much to my suprise, it was a check.
I didn't know where it had come from, so I called the number on the check. It was from my OB/GYN's office. I was happy! It was just enough to pay off what I owed them! So I called their office to make sure it wasn't a mistake and they told me that it was what my secondary insurance had picked up. This was money owed to me! YAY! So when I asked what I owed them (thinking I was going to use this check to pay off, or almost pay off). She told me nothing. She said that the insurance covered everything, plus I had paid over the amount that was on the check! YAYYYYYY
I was so elated. I made sure that I told Joey that this check was a blessing. I made him pray with me and thank Jesus for our blessing.
27. Thankful for God's blessing that I have been praying for.
28. Thankful for insurance which helps with our healthcare financially.
29. Thankful for an opportunity to show my son what God can do for us.
30. Thankful for a reminder that God is always there and listening to my prayers.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Ups and Downs
So we had a blast at Marc's company Christmas party last night. We got all dressed up and went to The Top Of The Met. It was gorgeous! We had a good time with some of the people there as well. One of the guys that Marc works with, his wife works here at the hospital with me so it was nice to know someone there. We also stayed at the Hilton Hotel which was only about a block from the party. It was nice to get away from the kids and relax. I just wish that I had slept better than I did! I guess that I was worried I wasn't going to wake up in time for work, even though I had my alarm set.
Here we are in front of the 100 ft Christmas Tree in the Met!
Now onto the down part of this post. I love my kids more than life itself. It sucks when I can't be there for them when exciting things happen. Today was Joey's first Christmas party at church. They had games, face painting, and they got to take home some toys! And I missed it. I had to work. It really hits me when I miss something in my kids' lives because I have to work. It's not even like I want to work anymore, I HAVE to. UGH! I can't deal with missing whole days of my kids' lives. I get them out of bed (most mornings) and put them directly in the car. Drive an hour and 15 minutes and drop them off at the sitters house. Then I head to work. By the time I see them again, they are already asleep for the night (in the car.) I might get to see them if they wake up once we get home, but its not a guarantee. Whole days I miss. It's hard to see that I actually work for a reason. I essentially work to pay for my car and that's about it. Ugh! Help me realize it will be ok!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thankful on Thursday!
Wow this has been a week! There has been so much that has gone on! Thanksgiving was good. It was a long day, but it was good! I got to spend time with both my side of the family and also Marc's side. The twins were a bit clingy, but Joey was really good all day long. He did wake up at 130 that morning asking for milk and then he went into terror mode. He was hitting/kicking/throwing things. It was bad. He didn't calm down until I got him to drink some milk and eat a piece of candy. I think that he is having some blood sugar issues. I am going tomorrow to have his blood checked to see if he is really having some blood sugar problems.
21. Knowledge enough to realize when my child might be sick.
22. For those times when the boys just want to climb up in my lap and have me hold them.
23. For family to spend the holidays with (even though they might be insane!)
24. A friend who I GET to make quilts for her twins!
25. For mom to help me with those quilts.
26. For an opportunity to have 2 days away with my mom to refresh myself as a mom.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Pictures!
So I haven't posted pictures in a long time and when I read blogs, I love seeing pictures so here we go!
Great weekend!
Well this weekend was supposed to be a great relaxing weekend. After the rush of Thanksgiving, I wanted to just relax and do what I wanted to do. On weekends, I rarely get to do that because of all of the things we have to do. Normally I work every 3rd weekend, so planning things on the weekend have to be fit between the weekends I work.
Anyways, Thanksgiving had us busy and running back and forth between Granite and Girard, so the weekend was a great welcome. Friday was just a relaxing day. We didn't do much at all. Joey didn't sleep well the night before so Marc didn't go hunting that morning. We just watched movies and played with the kids most of the day. At 4, we took the twins to get their first haircut! They were pretty good considering how old they are.
Johnathan getting his hair cut.
And sat there..
And wanted a little hug from daddy.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Busy week, good weekend
This past week has been pretty busy. Last Monday I had a conference for work and that was all day. I got done and picked Marc up from work and then picked the boys up. We headed back home and packed up for the week. We left home on Tuesday morning and didn't go back home until Sunday afternoon! Whew! Packing for 5 people for almost a week is tough, trying to anticipate what we will all need for the next few days is a lot of work!
We got everything packed up and out the door on Tuesday morning. We dropped the motor home off at mom and dads and then continued on our daily routine. Marc came and picked me up from work and we went back to mom and dads. We stayed there Tuesday and Wednesday night. Wednesday, we didn't do much at the house. The boys and I just played. Wednesday night, we went to Sams, without Johnathan. Poor guy wasn't feeling well and was running a temperature. We picked up some more formula and some food for out trip.
Thursday I had to take Marc to work so I could have the van to go pick my quilt blocks up from Uncle Scott (he works not too far from where mom and dad live.) I tried to work on it, but the boys didn't nap at the same time, so I couldn't get anything done. I packed up the van and primarily got everything ready to leave for when I got back with Marc from work. Marc left not too long after he got back and Mom and the boys and I came a little bit later.
Friday morning was an early morning. Marc, Dad, Jesse, and I went hunting and left the boys with Mom. Dad and Jesse got deer (3 total) and Marc shot at one three times and missed. In the midst of shooting, he didn't hold my gun correctly and the scope came back and hit him in the head. It started bleeding and he should have gotten stitches or have gotten it glued back together. But he is a man and he doesn't need things like that done to him. We came out of the woods and I cleaned the deer so they could take them to the processor. The rest of the day I spent inside with mom and the boys, while Marc went hunting again. After they were back in, mom and the twins and I went to Rosmary's for a 31 bag party. We had fun and stayed longer than expected. There weren't a lot of people there, so we sort of felt like we had to stay for a while. I ordered a lunch bag hoping that it will encourage me to bring my lunch to work more often!
Saturday, we all went hunting again. Marc and I didn't see any, but dad did and he shot it. He asked if we wanted it. Of course! That deer will be most of our food for the next year! We went and got it out of the woods and I cleaned it. Jesse, Joey, and I went and took it to the processing place. We came back, I had a nap, and went out hunting again until dark. Marc hunted someplace different than I did that time. I was tired of hunting with him. I saw a deer after I was getting out of my stand and she ran away before I could try to shoot. Oh well. That night, we went and had Mexican food and met Marc's cousin and his family who live not too far from where we have property. We had a good time seeing them, but the boys were a handful! They were grabbing everything off the table and I was becoming a nervous wreck. Cody, Marc's cousin who is like 11, fell in love with Jonah. He couldn't for the life of him remember what his name was so he called him #2. So cute! He even wanted to take him home with him.
Marc went hunting Sunday morning again in hopes of getting a deer, but he didn't have the patience for it. We ended up leaving around 11 or so and headed back to Girard. We had time to relax and get everything put away before we had to get things ready for the week! It was great to spend time with my family!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Thankful on a Sunday...Again
I have a good excuse on why I didn't post this on Thursday, but I will explain that in the next post. I have had a lot to think about lately. Things have just seemed to be darker lately. I don't know why, but I can't put my finger on it. We went hunting this weekend, like we do every year and I just did a lot of thinking while I was out in the tree stand by myself. Here are a few things that I thought of while I was thinking about what I was thankful for. (sorry that was wordy. I am tired.)
14. The 40 acres that we have to hunt on.
15. The deer that God has put on that 40 acres to help sustain us for the next year.
16. For my dad giving us a deer to call our own to make sure that his daughter and her family have food.
17. For the trailer that my grandmother left us when she died. We stay in that and it is a reminder that she is still around us.
18. For the memories of my lovely grandmother and how we can joke about her and her wonderful idiosyncrasy's.
19. The beautiful sunrise and sunset. It is different to be able to see both in one day from the same location.
20. For the annoying squirrels. Even though they got my hopes up that there was a deer behind my stand, there is a purpose for them (even though I haven't figured that one out yet.)
Sunday, November 14, 2010
The boys are 10 Months!
Which in turn means that I haven't killed myself or anyone else in the last 10 months! I heard it once from a mom of multiples that the first year is the hardest and it gets easier after that. Well for my sanity sake and for the sake of my family, I hope this is the truth. They turned 10 months on Friday. Last week I took them to the doctor for their 9 month check up. Here are their stats!
Johnathan- 20lb and 10.5oz (50%), 28 inches (50%), and head circumfrence is 18.25 in (75%)
Jonah- 20lb and 9.5oz (50%), 28.5 in (50%), and head cirfumfrence is 18in (50%)
This means that I have some big babies! The percentiles are based on their actual age, not their adjusted age. They are doing great! They got their 9 month shots and also their last flu shot. I was hoping that since they were sick the week before, that they could still get their shots.
Jonah looking at a book while waiting for Dr. Herman
They are amazing me every day with what they can do. They are so silly too! When you blink your eyes at them, they bat theirs back and smile really big. They are making faces just to see your reaction. They are both army crawling really well and Jonah is doing well at crawling on his hands and knees. Johnathan is doing it sometimes, but not that often.
They love food. They would rather have solid foods (table foods) more than their baby food or a bottle. They like mustaccoli (we grind it up in the food processor) and will eat their weight in it (well they actually ate more than Joey when we had it) They like to get into Joey's toys, which he hates by the way. They are just so full of personality. Theyare standing up when I hold their hands and they will stay that way for a few minutes. Both of them have pulled up once on the toy box. Wow I can't believe they can do that already!
They are sleeping better, but not perfect yet. We can lay all 3 boys down in the evening and they will go to sleep with no problem, but for the most part, each of the little guys will wake up once a night for a bottle. I am scared to let them fuss for a while because I am afraid that they will wake the others up. I don't know exactly what I am going to do.
We got their pictures taken last weekend and they are so cute! I hope I can upload them sometime soon!
Well that is all for right now. I will try to post the new pictures soon.
Thankful on a .....Sunday
Ok so I have been a bit lately with a lot of things. I didn' t post on Thursday because I didn't really have access to a computer. Friday, I worked part of the day and then went home and spent the evening with Marc and the boys (well a little bit of it with the boys) and then worked on one of the quilts for a girl at work's babies. And then yesterday, Saturday, I spent it with the kids, Marc, and Marc's sister. We did a little bit of shopping, not too much damage, but it was nice not to be stuck in the house by myself with the kids.
9. For the time that I get to spend with my family- This doesn't happen too much and when I don't, I miss them a lot.
10. For God's gift of being creative- As I said earlier, I have been working on quilts for a friend at work who is having twins. I showed her the one I have done and she loves it!!
11. For my son's smiles! All 3 of them! Everyone always comments on how happy the boys are and for the most part, I agree. I love to see them so happy!
12. For a roof over my family's head- Since we are living with my husbands parents, it is all the more evident that I should be thankful for having a house to be able to get dirty and to be able to have to pick up. Silly sounding, but true. Some don't have a house. Even if it's not mine that we live in, it's still a house.
13. For the way that my mom loves my kids-She does anything and everything for them. I don't know what I would do without her. She drops everything she is doing if they need something.
What are you thankful for this week?
Friday, November 12, 2010
Just sayin'
It's an omen. I was in the computer room (where my sewing machine is) and I was doing great with sewing the quilt top together. There was some crazy great music on Pandora. I was knocking it out! Then my husband comes in. Crappy music came on, then the speaker accidentally came unplugged. Then he starts playing a game on facebook. He is getting upset. Ruining my groove. Blah!!! He is ruining my sewing experience.
Then he leaves. Great Great song comes on! My seams suddenly match up when they haven't the last 4 times that I tried to pin it together. Must be that he shouldn't be around when I sew.
Just sayin'
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Asking for help
Why is asking for help such a hard thing to do? I HATE it. I loathe it. I would rather stretch myself thin and make myself crazy before I would ask anyone for help. The person I would ask first would have to be my mom. She is so giving and so helpful when I need it.
Is it bad that I said my mom before my husband? We have trouble communicating. We don't talk to each other and when things arise, it gets even more heated because we haven't talked about it at all! So with the arguments we have gotten in because of the lack of communication, I choose not to ask him for help. I know that I need to work on this. It seems to me that he doesn't really care about most things that I have to say anyways, so why waste my breath.
Anyways, back to asking for help, I just don't do it. When I was pregnant with the twins, I had to accept it because if I didn't, it might hurt the babies, or myself. I had to have people help me watch Joey frequently because I had doctors appointments, or because I was in the hospital. The week that I had the twins was so ridiculous when it came to asking for help. I had to have someone watching Joey at all times because I couldn't do it. My parents watched him the Sunday that I went into the hospital. They took him to the sitters house like normal on Monday. I called them on Monday night and said that they were going to induce me so they took him back to the sitters and he stayed the night there and the rest of the day on Tuesday. The sitter brought him up to the hospital on Tuesday night after I had the boys around noon that day. My sister in law took him home that night (since she was there visiting the babies) and kept him on Wednesday and Thursday (her and my in laws kept them) and then they brought him back on Thursday when I got home from the hospital. They were all happy to keep him, but he is my responsibility to take care of and it was hard to let someone else do it.
I never really took help once I came home from the hospital with the boys. Aside from Marc and the occasional times I went to my parents house, I kept the boys all by myself, pretty much exclusively for the first 2 months (until I went back to work.) Not hardly getting out of the house by myself, made for a bad emotional state. I was frustrated. The kids got on my ever last nerve. This lead to some pretty severe Post Pardum Depression. And going back to that asking for help thing, this didn't help. I was overwhelmed, depressed, and just plain out of my mind and I didn't ask for help. I finally went and saw and Endocrinologist and she pretty much said I was fat and depressed. I saw my regular doctor and he prescribed me some medication. And after 2 months on it, I don't think its working. Crap, now I have to ask for help again from my doctor to find a medicine that works. I don't like feeling like this!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Happy Halloween!
Johnathan as Charlie Brown!
Jonah as Pig Pen
Joey as Mickey Mouse!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Great things that have happened..
Today. I had great moments with my boys today. I don't want to forget them and I love to bring a smile to everyones face too, so here we go.
Joey- He has been sick. I stayed home today from work to make sure he was ok and if he was worse, I was going to take him to the doctor. Well we are at mom and dads house today and I decided that I was going to work on a little coin purse that I started a while back. I was sitting at the sewing machine and Joey walked in with his sippy cup, screw driver, and some other random object and asked if he could watch. He wants to spend time with his mommy and watch! I melted.
Johnathan-I had layed him down on my moms bed to take a nap. He wasn't all the way asleep and I layed next to him and he just kept reaching for me and burying his face in my shirt. He kept doing that and I just wanted to lay there forever and hold him. I can't believe how big my boys are!
Jonah-Jonah's smile is amazing. He is such a happy little guy. He makes me have a huge smile when I see him doing it. He is starting to stick out his tounge too. I picked him up to take him and put him down for a nap and he just smiled at me and lunged forward to give me a hug. My little boy is so sweet!!
What great things have happened in your life lately?
Thankful on a Thursday
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Where has the week gone?
For the most part, I work on Mondays. So when I came into work today, I think that it's Monday. At work, the cafeteria has the same thing on the specialty bar for breakfast each day of the week. When I thought it was Monday, I thought they had quesadillas. It is Wednesday. The first two days of the week are no where in my mind. They passed, but without any recogntion of them passing.
Am I just getting old or is it that I have completely lost my mind being at home with 3 kids? I can't remember anything! Its hard for me to remember to brush my teeth and put on deteorant sometimes. (although remembering the deoterant isn't as hard, because Joey normally steals it and tries to put it on too.) I go to the store and if I don't make a list and bring it with me, I forget what I went for.
I worked this past weekend and that throws my work schedule off (well it does in my mind) so I was off Monday and Tuesday and I work today (Wednesday) and tomorrow. I then get Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off! YAY a whole weekend with the boys and Marc!!
Well as I posted above, I lose my train of thought and I just lost what this whole post was going to be about. Oh Well.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thankful on a .....Saturday
So normally the people who do this posting are "Thankful on a Thursday." Well I just stumbled upon it and decided that in my frustration with all the things that are going on around me, I need to start counting the things that I am thankful for. Through the depression that I have been going through, its been rough trying to see the "light at the end of the tunnel." To see the good things in my life through the hard times and dark moments. So here is the starting of the list!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Planet Wise hanging wet bag giveaway-Monkey Tales
I love giveaways. Not only do I love the thrill of winning something, but I also love trying new products. In the past, I have won a few giveaways, but the giveaway that I am going to blog about is most likely the product that I would use the most often.
As my readers know, I cloth diaper. I love not only knowing that I am doing something great for the planet, but I also love the feeling that I don't HAVE to go buy disposable diapers. We choose to use one disposable a night for each of the boys, but other than that, they are primarily in cloth. When we lived at our house, I never had a problem with the smell of the cloth diapers. To me, it doesn't smell that bad, but we mostly just put them in the basement where we never were and didn't worry about them until it was time to wash them. Once we moved in with my in laws, this became a problem. We primarily spend most of our time on the main floor of the house. That is where the living/dining/kitchen is. The boys have their toys in the sun room and we don't leave those main areas much of the day except to take naps. When downstairs, there is a bathroom that houses the washer/dryer. For the first couple of days, we just put our dirty diapers in that bathroom and didn't think anything about it. (we do diaper laundry every other night. ) Then my mother in law said that it was stinking so she washed the diapers. Don't get me wrong, I understood where she was coming from and I was appreciative that she was helping me out, but she (and those who cloth diaper could most likely understood when I gasped at what she did) washed it in a scented Tide that had fabric softener in it. (Those who don't see a problem with that and have a question why, email me)
So to make this not happen anymore, I would love to win this wet bag. It would hang right on the shower rod and keep the stinkies in and my mother in law out of my laundry! :)
If you want to enter, go to Planet Wise and see all of their great products, and also, visit Monkey Tales blog for the giveaway! I hope I win!!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Count 'Em Up Monday
Friday, October 8, 2010
Long, Long week and moving
So here I am at the end of one of the longest weeks that I have ever had. I guess the week started back last Friday when we started moving our stuff. Really??!? Do we have that much stuff? Yes we do. Between all of the stuff that Marc and I moved into our house when we moved in (each at separate times) and the stuff we have accumulated since the boys were born, we have a crap ton of stuff. Now people might think that they have alot of stuff, but they have no idea until they have to move it all. I think that we could do with much less than we have, so when I get a chance, we will go through everything and get rid of things we don't need/want anymore. We should have done this a long time ago. It's hard to get anything done with kids around and a husband who doesn't seem to see things that need to be done without you yelling/nagging him that it needs to be done, so when moving, it tends to be, "hey lets get rid of the junk that we don't want anymore."
It is hard thinking about moving. Leaving a place that you have called home for the past 3 1/2 yrs. The place you brought your children home to. The place you decorated for the child you were expecting. The place where you came home to after your honeymoon. The kitchen where you made your children their first solid foods. To some people those things might be silly. They might think you are being too sentimental when you get upset because you have to leave that house and move into a different one. I know that I will make new memories. I will have a place where I will say the twins took their first steps. Where they learned to ride a bike. Where they moved into their toddler beds.
The material things aren't that important. Marc and I fought about what we were going to get rid of and what we were going to keep. There were things that we didn't remember that we had. To him, if we hadn't used it in a while, he wanted to get rid of it. There are things that I wanted to keep because they meant something to me. He didn't see the importance. He wasn't trying to see things from my point of view. He just wanted to make moving easier.
I don't think many things would make moving easier. Especially if you are moving from your own house into your mother and father in laws house and putting most of your stuff into storage. I have to realize that God is doing this for a reason. I don't know that reason yet, but I do know that it is for me to learn from. I will just pray that I have the patience to wait for God to show me what it is. And also the patience to not kill my husband in the process......
Monday, September 27, 2010
It's been a week....
Well the last week has been pretty eventful in my life. From working 3 days last week to having to change my own tire, to Joey's 2nd birthday party, my life has been nuts. I had to work Monday last week so I couldn't really do much after work that day. I came home and pretty much went to bed because I felt horrible. I could feel a cold coming on. Tuesday morning, I got up and still felt horrible so I made sure to take some medicine. It helped a bit, so I felt like could actually function that day. I tried to pick up and do some things around the house before heading to Mom and Dad's house to try to clean up for Joey's birthday party.
I spent most of the rest of the day over there trying to get some stuff done. When Mom got home from work, she was helping too. A former student of Mom's, Sarah, came over and helped too. I ended up having some anxiety about what was going on. The boys were fussy and Joey was getting into everything and Marc wasn't helping, so needless to say, I was super overwhelmed. I ended up breaking down and we decided to go home and get ready for bed. The boys went down pretty well and I got some sleep that night.
Wednesday day at work wasn't bad. Until I got to my car. There was a business card on it telling me to call Security because I had a flat tire. They won't change it, they will just air it up. So they finally came about an hour after I called them to air it up. I decided that if I was already running late, I might as well swing by work and pick up the boxes that I had set out. I parked in the circle drive and was helping Meagan put the boxes in my car and while I was doing that, I could hear a hissing. My tire was going flat again. It went flat within about 3 minutes of me parking. Luckily I didn't try to drive home on it. Instead of having Marc get all of the boys out (since they were sleeping), I decided that I needed to change it myself. It took me about 45 minutes to change it. One thing that made me so angry was that at least 10 men walked by or watched me from the link and only one person asked me if I needed help. Where is the chivalry these days? If my brother or dad saw a woman changing a tire by herself, they would stop. Why not other men? Not that I can't do it on my own, but it would have been nice for someone to do it or at least offer.
I got it changed and headed back home. I had to run to the store to get formula and baby food for the sitter the next day. That was one long day.
On Thursday, I worked another 12 hr shift and then Mom picked me up and took me to get the food/supplies for Joey's party. Nothing like last minute. We got everything except his big Elmo balloon. I enjoyed spending time with mom without the kids around.
Friday, Marc stayed home so he could go to the ER and get his foot checked out. Well apparently he fractured his ankle somehow. He has a walking cast and has to wear that for 6 weeks. We went and finished getting things for Joey's party and went to mom and dads to set up and got things set out and organized for his party. His party was a success. So many people showed up! I was overwhelmed with the people and the gifts that they got him. He got so many toys and clothes its overwhelming. He especially loves the tractors that everyone got him.
Saturday was his actual birthday so we just had a low key day and spent it playing with him and spending time at home. We went out to mom and dads so he could see them on his birthday and he played with his new t-ball set. We went and saw Marc's friend, Joal, after we left moms. He has been deployed for the last year so we haven't seen him and he hasn't seen the twins yet. Joey tripped and fell on the concrete so he got a wonderful Happy Birthday Bruise on his head! Overall its been a busy last week, but celebrating Joey being here for 2 years was the icing on the cake!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Slowing it down
I wish I could slow things down in my life and focus on what is important. I think that for a while, I have been struggling with not seeing things that are really important, like my kids and family. I have been only seeing that my house is dirty, or that I need to do laundry, or that I have to get ready for Joey's party this weekend. Somehow I focus on those things instead of playing with my boys and making sure they are doing things like practicing sitting up or feeding themselves. What is more important? Clearly the children are, but when things of the house are making you nervous and anxious, its hard to just forget them.
I never seem to get anything done. I never feel accomplished in my house which leads to not feeling accomplished in my life. I don't ever feel like I do anything that is important. Sure, taking care of the kids and making sure they are emotionally and physically safe is important, but other than the kids, I don't feel like I don't do anyting worthwhile. I barely ever finish anything. I have so many unfinished projects in my house. Quilts, baby clothes, organizational projects, and so many other things just don't get done. Is it because I choose to not do them or is it that I don't have the time. Many people ask me how I do it. How I run a house and have 3 kids under 2 (not for long.) The truth is that I don't really do it. I raise my kids, but if someone would come into my house unannounced, I would be so ashamed with what it looks like. It's so cluttered, dirty (as in crumbs on the floor, stains on the carpet, and old food wrappers on the table), and disgusting (nasty dishes in the sink that have been there for weeks.) With things like the dishes, I try to ignore them as long as I can. I act like if I don't see it, it's not there. Wish that was the truth, but it's not.
What is the happy medium? I guess if my husband worked with me on a regular basis on cleaning/picking up the house, it would get easier. I wouldn't feel like I have to do it all and do it when I could be possibly spending time with the kids and doing stuff I want to do. Boy would I love to do some things just for me. My life isn't about just me anymore though. Its about my kids. I need to slow my life down and find things that I can enjoy with the kids.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Babies for Sale!!
Johnathan was 25 cents!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Tired
I haven't been this tired in a long time. I was off yesterday (Wednesday) and I had someone that I went to high school with come over so I could help her on her Algebra. I busted my butt and cleaned up the living room and bathroom so that it would look somewhat presentable. We ended up at mom and dads house because we don't have Internet at our house. I helped her for a little bit. I don't know if she ran out of things that I could help her with or that she was tired of my kids. They were, as usual, needy and noisy, so we didn't get much done. I took the boys home and finally put Joey to bed around 2pm. He didn't sleep much. I was going to try to sleep some, but I decided I didn't need to and I tagged a bunch of stuff for a yard sale.
Marc got home and we made dinner. Grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn. After that, we went to walmart to get a few things. (I had to get envelopes for Joey's invitations.) I got a call from work asking if I could come in that night instead of working the day shift the next day. I hadn't slept at all, but I figured that I would go ahead and do it so we would only have to pay a half a day of babysitting.
Work wasn't bad at all. I had a few people there who I really like working with, so that made the night go a little faster and better. Overall, it wasn't bad, but when 5am hit, I hit my wall. I guess my body gives up at the 24 hr mark. I went home and got to sleep a little less than 4 hrs and went and picked up the kids. I though that I would get a nap when they all napped, but no such luck. Joey didn't sleep, but he played quietly in his bedroom (for the most part he was quiet.) I got Jonah asleep in the swing in the living room and Johnathan and I were on my bed. I was dosing off and so was Johnathan, Jonah woke up and was screaming and didn't go back to sleep. I ended up just staying up. I was so tired, but it wasn't a big deal. I got some laundry done and just picked up around the house until it was time for the boys to go to bed. They went to bed and I was planning on doing the same, but my favorite show was on, Rookie Blue. Dumb show was a 2 hr season finale! I didn't end up staying up for it all. I ended up falling asleep and watched the rest of it later. Overall, it wasn't bad. I love sleep, but sometimes you don't get as much as you want!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Week with the kiddos!
So in the last week or so, the kids have changed so much! The twins have hit 3 major milestones! For a few weeks now, Johnathan and Jonah have been trying to sit up on their own. They haven't been really successful, but in the last week, they were able to sit up for a few minutes at a time and play with toys! When they start to look around and crane their neck to see something, they lose their balance and fall over. Jonah started crawling too! I put him down at my moms house and walked in the other room and I came back in and he was all the way across the room! I know he didn't roll that far, so I figured he scooted himself backwards and got where he wanted to go. I ended up seeing him do it later in the day. It was so cute! And the best of all.....drumroll please......They both started holding their bottles!
We spent part of the weekend (and part of Labor Day) with Marc's family. It was a good time. On Sunday, we went to Aunt B's house for a Labor Day fish fry! It was good to see some of the family that we haven't seen in a while. We just were relazing and enjoying our time. Joey got a black eye by running into the edge of the table up there.
Joey after playing with his cousins
Joey just minutes after he hit his eye!
Johnathan asleep in the swing. He was tuckered out from playing all day.
Jonah playing with his daddy!
Jonah just smiling for Mommy!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Dr Google? and my doctor visit
The internet is an awesome thing. It can help you find old high school friends, it can help you get directions to the place you are travelling, and it can also give you a tutorial on how to make a quilt. It can also make you go insane thinking you have some sort of incurable disease.
I used Dr Google a few months back. I was having alot of symptoms that I couldn't explain. I talked with my mom and she said that I needed to look up some stuff about hypothyroidism. So I searched and I reasonablly thought I had it. On some sites, there were lists of about 15 symptoms that if you had them, you most likely had hypothyroidism. I had 11 of those 15 symptoms. So I decided to call and make and appointment with an Endocrinologist. That is so much easier said than done. I wanted to go with a doctor that knew my mom's history becuase family history of any thyroid disease is very important. I decided to go with mom's doctor. I tried to make an appointment with her and it was hard. I mean really hard. No one there wanted to see me because no one officially referred me. Well with my insurance, I don't have to have a referral. Tthen they said that they didn't want to see me because I didn't have a diagnosis. Well duh people, that is why I am coming to you! After jumping through some hoops, I finally got an appointment. 3 months later! I have to wait 3 months to see a doctor?
In the mean time, I am miserable. SOoooo tired, can't focus, so many ups and downs in my moods that its rediculous. I was withdrawn with most people, unlike my normally outgoing self. I don't like doing the things that I normally do. I was so overwhelmed and no matter what I did, I kept gaining weight. Needless to say, it was a rough 3 months waiting until my appointment.
About a month before it, I started a countdown and every time I remembered, I made sure to tell mom or some of my close friends just how many days I had left. I seriously thought that when I had my appointment that it would completely change my life. I thought I was going to go in there, she would listen to my symptoms and family history, and she would automatically prescribe me some medication that would cure all my problems and I would never look back at my hard life before this appointment.
I was so wrong. So so wrong. I went into the appointment with a feeling of anxiousness because I would have to finally talk to someone and tell them all the problems that I have been having, not only for the past few months, but for the past 7 years. Its hard to sit and tell someone all your weaknesses. I was very vunerable and open to this stranger. She sat there and listened as I explained it all, all the while crying through the whole appointment. In the end, she palpated my thyroid and pretty much said that she didn't think that anything medically was wrong with me. She in short, said that I was overweight and depressed. What? That was my diagnosis?
So she insisted that I see my doctor for some depression medication. I don't disagree with her on that. I am overwhelmed and most likely have some Post Pardum Depression, but I don't know how having PPD would make me have problems for the past 7 years. It hurts most of all. I know that she is concerned about my emotional well being, but um, what have I been going through for the past 7 years and she is only focusing on what I am going through RIGHT NOW? Its like she listend to part of what I said, not all of it.
Mom went back to see her for her check up this past Friday and the doctor voiced her concerns about me then. Mom got to tell her from her point of view what she thought about it all. I ohpe the doctor listened to her since she obviously didn't listen to me.
For right now, I am on some medication for my depression. I am fine with that. If it makes me stop feeling how I feel now, I will do it. We will just see how things go. I hope that if I don't have hypothyroidism, I can figure it out. With our without my nemesis/friend, Dr Google.
Why don't I post?
Why don't I post more often? Well the thing is, there are a few different reasons that I don't blog as much as I want to. I would love to have the witty blog that everyone reads and can't wait for an update. I would love to have pictures galore and have a great timeline of my son's lives. But I don't.
The reasons you ask (well since I only have 13 followers, I doubt that no one will ask), I will tell you. I have a life. I have 3 little kids that I have to take care of. I have a house to take care of. I have at least 2 or 3 loads of laundry a day that I SHOULD be doing. I have dishes to wash, dogs to feed and pick up after, a house to try to keep somewhat picked up (which doesn't happen too much) and then there is feeding them. I have to make at least 3 meals a day for Joey and I, at least 5 bottles each for the twins, and we are starting to feed them 3 meals a day (but we can count only 2 because they always get 2.) After worrying about that, I barely remember to eat and pee myself.
But I will tell you, all the overwhelming feelings that I have about getting everything done in teh day go away when I see those boys and their cute faces. I don't care if the laundry got done. I don't care if I have on clean clothes. As long as the boys are fed and happy, I am happy.
Its been a struggle lately to find that happy medium between knowing what is ok to let go and what I absolutely need to get done. I have had some anxious moments lately when it comes to the house and getting everything done that I feel needs to get done. How do you choose between having sanity knowing that your house is clean and letting it go? I know that we just need deep clean the house, purge all things that we don't need anymore, and then start fresh. Have it easy to clean up less stuff. If you have less there, there is less to clean up. It is hard knowing that you have to get rid of some of the stuff that you have. I am not a pack rat by any means, but either you bought the stuff or someone gave it to you. Its like throwing money out the window! But how much is your sanity worth when having a dirty/cluttered house makes you insane!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Mine!
So I know that it might sound selfish, but I don't really have many things that are mine. All mine I mean. For the most part, everything that is in my house has to do something with the boys, Marc, or all of the above. I really don't have an area to call my own. My sewing machine is in the basement, next to the computer desk, surrounded by toys and junk. I don't even have a drawer or anything to put my sewing stuff in. It is stacked on the table, along with other things that are my husbands.
Joey is always getting into everything as well. There is only like one place in the whole house that he can't get to things. The other day he got into my purse that I stupidly left down. I was overwhelmed and got upset. I didn't get mad at him, I got mad at myself. I shouldn't have left it down. I then realized that I don't have a place, or many things for that matter, that is my own. I have to share it with so many men. I never pick anything out for the house that is pink/purple/girly because of it being in a house with 4 other people who are men and wouldn't like something like that. It always has to be about them. When can I have something that is mine?
I don't even have time that is mine! I only have down time when the boys are asleep. My reasoning is that if they are asleep, why can't I sleep? That would then mean that I have very little time to do things that little hands shouldn't be a part of. IE doing laundry in the basement, folding laundry without someone knocking over the stack of folded ones, doing dishes (without someone screaming because they can't see me!) I don't seem to think that those times that I listed above are really "Me" times really. They are times that I am doing things for myself/the rest of the family so that we don't live in filth and that we have clean clothes!
My purse is the only thing that is Mine and that I don't let anyone else in. What is your thing? Where do you go where its only you? I am curious to see your answers!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Accuquilt Go Cutter Giveaway
I love quilting. I have loved it since I was a little girl. Well I got my own sewing machine the Christmas when I was 9 years old. My mom gave me precut blocks that I could sew and make into my first quilt. From the time I was a little girl, I would either sit there and watch my mom sew a quilt together or quilt it. I remember helping her by handing her the pieces that needed to be sewn together or by keeping the quilt straight in the back of the sewing machine while she was sewing it all together. (I might not have said that quite right, but in my mind, I understand lol) I remember hours of laying under her quilting frames. I would first get under there to make sure that the backing was straight and I would lay under there for hours and sleep, read a book, or just watch her quilt.
Quilting is a favorite pasttime of mine with my mom and now I love to do it as well! I have recently made quilts for my nephews. Cutting the pieces out is hard work (especially with one son who loves to be on top of everything I am doing and two more babies that only like to be held.
If I had the Accuquilt Go Cutter, this might be alot easier. Joey would most likely sit there and "watch" me do it! (He loves to sit and watch me cook, clean, etc so maybe he would sit still for a few minutes and Mommy could get something done!) The blog, Sew Many Ways, is having a giveaway for this awesome product! You can see the details/enter here! I hope I win so that I can make quilts easier/faster and make more for everyone!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Dear So and So
Here we go again! I finally get around to do another Dear So and So!
Dear City Inspector,
I am sorry that you don't have anything better to do with your time than to find out if my grass is too tall and write me a warning. I have had other things to do with my time lately than to make sure that my lawn is perfectly manicured to your liking. Next time I need to cut the grass, I will call you and let you watch my 3 children under 2 years old and see if you demand excellence out of me.
Love, a citizen of Granite City
Dear Joey,
I love you very much, but the constant "NO's" that are coming out of your mouth are a bit much. I KNOW that you want peaches or that you would like to watch Nemo, but you don't have to tell me no. I know you mean yes, but you just think you have to say no. I am your mommy and I am here to take care of you!
Love, Your mommy.
ps. I think that your black eye is the tiniest bit cute, even though it is looking more like you have purple eyeshadow on.
Dear Doctor's Office,
Thank you very much for fitting me in 3 months after I made my appointment. Now it is 3 days before my appointment and I still don't have the paperwork that I have to have filled out for you. You knew that I had an appointment for over 3 months and you wait until the last week to send me the papers? You want me to plan ahead, but you don't? Please be more prepared next time.
Love your patient patent
Dear Back,
I really do appreciate how much you support me and always have my back, but I do remember you are there. You don't have to hurt so bad that I would like to cut you off. I know that sounds extreme, but you are making it to where I look and feel like I am 80 and hunchbacked. Please stop hurting asap. Thank you
Love your front.
Kids Eat for Free!
So I was browsing some blogs and found this awesome list of where/when kids eat free! I know that I am always looking to find some places/ways to save money. Feeding 3 boys can get expensive, so wherever I can save a little money, I will! Check it out here!
Things I never thought I would say...
Ok so the other day, I realized that I say things all the time that I never thought I would say.
Joey! Don't pee on your brother!
Joey! Don't scratch your butt then put your hands in your mouth!
Count Em Up Monday
Sunday, August 8, 2010
4th of July!
So I know that this is late, but I am just learning how to post pictures to Blogger from Picasa. I can upload the pictures from my phone to Picasa then post from there to blogger! This might come in very handy!
On our way to the fireworks!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Its been a while
So I just checked my blog and realized its been a while since I have posted anything, much less anything pertinant to my life. Life has been busy. It has had its ups and its downs. We have had so much trouble with our cars lately that its so frustrating. On Friday July 23, I headed up to Wood River to meet a girl that I went to high school with to give her some clothes to borrow for her son. Well I left the van running and all of the things on (ie Dvd player, AC, phone charger, GPS) So coincidentially, I needed to get gas and I figured that I just ran out of gas. The girl that I met went and got her FIL and some gas. They put it in the tank and I tried to start it. It wouldn't work. We finally realized that it needed to be jumped. We jumped the battery and I headed over to Walmart to get a new one. My mom had met me and took the kids for a bit while I tried to get the battery. Went to Walmart and they checked it and said the battery was bad and the alternator was fine. Great! Easy (but expensive) fix. Waited a while for them to put the battery in. During that time, Mom dropped the boys off with me so I am sure that I looked pretty funny walking around Walmart with 3 boys in a double stroller. Marc met me there and the people in the automotive department overhead paged me and told me to come back to my car. They told me that they tested the battery and that it was fine and so was the alternator.
After things were confirmed ok, we headed up to the inlaws house. We had a nice evening going to Festival Days and hanging out with Chris and Renee. Marc stayed up with the boys that night and I got to sleep without having to be up. That day, we spent some time with his family and then we headed back home. We had a few things to do that evening, so we were home.
Sunday, we went to church and hung out at mom and dads house. We took a nap and did some canning of pasta sauce and pizza sauce. We then went back home and got things ready for the week ahead.
On Monday morning, I got things ready and took the boys to mom's house so that I could go to work. Right before I got there, the tire went flat. No way! So I got it into moms driveway and parked it. I drove her car over to work. Marc went and got the tire looked at when he got home from work. It was fine. It just had to have a plug put in it. Great! It only cost $15 to be fixed instead of at least $150 for a new tire. Wednesday came and I went with mom to get Joey's hair cut. I was opening the sliding door to put Joey back in the van after his haircut and the handle for the sliding door broke. I was so afraid that Marc was going to get mad at me for breaking one more thing on the van. He just laughed and said it happens.
Well yesterday, Marc was going to AT (he has home station AT this year because the 739th couldn't get their act together and by default, they are doing home station AT) and on the way, the car broke down. We thought it was just the serpentine belt and tried to replace it later that day, but the compressor on the AC broke. (or at least that is what I think it was.) We had to have it towed home. So need less to say, we haven't had good luck with cars lately. The guy that is going to fix the car won't be back from vacation until next Monday so we will be without a car almost 2 weeks. Pray that it gets taken care of!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Thousand Dollar Day..
So I was browsing a blog and stumbled across a blog, Where He Leads Me, and she brought up a fun day of daydreaming for me. What would I do with $1000 to be spent only on me? I will tell you first of all, that would never happen to me in a million years. But to play along, I will tell you what I would do. Her blog gave me some ideas on what I would like to do.
First of all, I would drop the boys off at my parents house (I would drop them off at the babysitter if I didn't have to take that money out of my $1000, but if I had to, I might just to spend the day with my mom as well.) Don't get me wrong, I love my boys, but I haven't been shopping without them in who knows how long.
I would then schedule someone to come clean my house. I don't really have time to do it (ok so sometimes I don't make the time because its so overwhelming) and its hard to do with kids underfoot. That would be about $150 I am guessing. (never had it done before, but I will start there)
After that, I would head to the salon and have my fingers, toes and eyebrows done. Who doesn't love a good mani/pedi! With tip, this should cost about $45. I like the place inside the local Walmart, so its not such a bad trip to get them done. Hmm what is next????
A massage!! I haven't had one since I was about 34 weeks pregnant with Joey. It was heaven! I need a good massage to relieve some stress in my life (what's that? I have stress in my life, NO WAY!!) I think that the last time I had one it was about $60 so with a tip, that knocks out about $75.
Man this is hard to do! I am never thinking about what I would spend on myself. I always want things for the boys. I want to get them new cloth diapers, or make sure we are stocked up on baby food, or buy them new car seats, or something that is for them. I can't remember the last thing that I bought for myself (excluding food)
I would then head to lunch. SUSHI! Love that stuff. I would have a shrimp tempura roll and then try a new one that I haven't tried before. Love being adventurous. This will cost me about $25 because I will get one of the expensive ones to try. This would be followed by some ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery. Coffee lovers to be exact. Love the mix of coffee ice cream, almonds, heath bar, and caramel. $5 because I would leave them a tip to make them sing to me. mmmmm
This is harder than I thought..
I think that I would head to the Mills Mall to find some stuff for me! I would first go to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and get some new things for the kitchen. I would love some new mixing bowls, new spoons, and I would spend about $75 on some new kitchen gadgets. I would then go to Old Navy and drop some cash on me some new clothes. Well actually just some new shirts, because none of their pants ever seem to fit me very well. Let's say about $75there. I would then head to the bookstore and then I would buy myself an Ebook reader. I have been drooling over this for a while. I think that I would buy a gift card so that I can get some ebooks when I need them. This would probably be about $175 for the ebook reader and then another $50 for ebooks.
I would probably stop and buy myself a tanning package. I know that this is a controversial thing, but you know what, its my $1000. I feel better and think I look better when I have a little bit of color. Lets do a package for the rest of the year that is only $75.
I would then go to the fabric store and buy about $100 worth of fabric. WHAT I WANT. Not things that I have to get, fabrics where I could make pretty quilts or just other things that would make me feel accomplished!
Well that's it! I guess I could have spent less and taken my husband out to dinner, but its all about me right now huh? LOL I would most likely shave off other things (like the tanning package or the clothes) and do this. Oh well. Its my money and I will spend like I want to!!!
What would you do with $1000 to be spent only on you?
Monday, July 19, 2010
Multiples and More QOTW-Do you believe in CIO
How do you feel about CIO (cry it out)?
Well if you would have asked me 2 years ago what I thought about it, I would have been totally against it. I would never have thought that I would let my baby just cry. Well when I had DS#1, I changed my mind. He was an easy child. I didn't have much problems when it went to getting him to sleep. Until he hit about 7 or so months. When I would put him down, he would just cry because he didn't want to go to bed or that he just wanted to be near us. I had made sure that I had fed him, changed him, and made sure that he was tired before I layed him down. He just would cry. So I would wait about 3-4 min and I would go back in his room and reassure him that everything was ok. If he would cry again, I would wait a little bit longer before I would go back in there, say, 8-9 min. I continued this if he kept fussing. After 3 or 4 days, I didn't have to go back to his room because after about 5 min of him fussing or crying, he was asleep. Since then, we haven't had any problems getting him to sleep. Same thing, we make sure he is fed and dry, we then put him in bed, pull the covers up, turn on the radio and we walk out. Thats it! People are amazed on how well he goes to bed.
Now with the twins, it's a different story. They are still in our room. They share a crib. So these are factors that play into our sleeping in our house. Until the twins were about 3 months old, if one got up to eat, I got the other up to eat. It was better on my sanity. I couldn't be getting up 4 times a night. I would have lost my mind. Anyways, at about 3 months, they started sleeping through the night. Mommy was in heaven (It didn't make that much of a difference to daddy because he didn't get up with the babies at night.) Well a short 4 weeks later, they hit their 4 mnoth growth spurt. They were getting up once, maybe twice a night each! EACH!! I was so exhausted for the next 2 months. Its not easy to used the CIO method with twins who are sleeping in the same room as each other, and also in the same room as another adult who has to get up and go to work the next day (not including mommy who has to work 3 days a week outside of the home.)
Do/Did you use this method for sleep training?
Unintentionally I did with DS#1. I didn't realize it was a form of CIO that I was doing, but it worked. Now with the twins, they are somewhat sleeping through the night. Just this past week (a few days after they turned 6 months) they started sleeping better. I don't know what it was, but it has been a world of difference. I don't think that this method is good for us right now, seeing as that they sleep in the same bed, and in the same room as their dad and I do. I am just afraid that if I let one cry until they go back to sleep, then they will wake the other up and I will just have to start all over again. Oh well. We will find something that will work for us. I have even thought about putting one of them in the dining room and keeping one in our room just to see if they slept better apart. Since they aren't doing bad, I will just keep doing what I am doing now. Nothing. Just changing and feeding them right before they go to bed. We do try to keep the room pretty quiet, either no noise, or just the tv turned down pretty low. I try to keep DH quiet too. He doesn't have the quiet gene. It's either loud or louder. Oh well.
How well do your multiples sleep?
Well as I stated above, they have been doing better, but still not STTN all the time. I just hope for my sanity and for their sleep patterns, that they sleep better forever!
Do you think that you were/are more likely to allow your child to CIO because they are multiples?
No. I think that them being multiples and cosleeping with each other makes it harder to let them CIO. Like I said before, if things aren't great in a few months, I might separate them see if CIO works. (well mommy and daddy might be moving our bed to the basement to let the twins have their own room since we only have a 2 br house.)
What instances do you think it is appropriate/inappropriate to let a child CIO?
Honestly it depends on the child. If your child can be self soothed, then I think it would work. If they are only soothed by parents holding them or nursing, I don't know how it would work. It would be inappropriate when the child is too young. A 2 month old doesn't need to CIO. I think there is an appropriate age for all kids when it comes to this sort of thing. It is up to the parents though. They are the only ones that know for sure if their kids are ready for some sort of sleep training. All of the child's needs need to be met before they should be allowed to CIO. They should be changed, fed, and in a safe environment.
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