Aunt Tanya’s visit – 27 December pics

In regards to genetics, we have no idea where the dimples came from. But we like them.

No dimples with Freya, but we love her just the same.

Freya chilled out post-bath.

Mid-day calisthenics for Freya...which is more than what her mother gets up to.

Aunt and sister staring at Freya's antics.

Freya gives a rare smile to her sister. Usually it's a bit of a frown accompanied by furrowed brow.

 

The sleep/wake/eat cycle of 15 week old twin girls.

(At least, I think they’re 15 weeks old.  I may have miscounted.  Let’s just say 3 1/2 months, shall we?)

• Wake 6:30. Eat.
• 1st nap 8:10-9:05. Eat.
• 2nd nap 10:30-11:20/11:30. Eat.
• D 3rd nap 12:00-12:15.
• Eat 12:50.
• F 3rd nap/D 4th nap 13:00 – 13:50.  Eat.
• Out in pram/buggy – F nap – D cry  (sometimes other way around)
• Eat 15:30
• 5th nap 16:20-17:00
• Eat. Eat.
• Baby massage 18:00
• Bed for the night 18:30.  Asleep 19:00
• D puke 19:20. Sleep 19:30.  Crying in sleep 19:40.  Sleep 19:44.
• F puke 19:55.  Sleep 20:00.
• 01:30 – F eat.  Sleep. / 02:00 – D eat.  Sleep.
• 05:00 – F eat. Sleep. / 05:30 -  D eat. Sleep.
• Wake 07:30.  Eat and the day begins again.

And in between eating and napping the girls now spend most of their day on a mat on the floor: first on their bellies, in line of sight with each other, with toys in between or to the side, then on their backs and underneath the mobile so that they can stare, or bat, or stare and bat.  Songs are also sung and conversations had.

 

“A breastfed baby will never over-eat,” says the health visitor. I beg to differ.

This is the couch cover in the babies’ room after Freya had unlimited access to an engorged breast.

When did I look at the washing instructions?  Did I look at the washing instructions before buying the cover?  No.  Instructions: dry clean only.  Dry clean only my butt.  It’s being thrown in the washing machine and it will like it.

 

Stand up! Baby, stand up!

Note 1: Yes, I had not brushed my hair in two days.

Note 2: Yes, I posted the videos on youtube before looking at them; hence the new-mummy hair in the public domain.

 

 

Mom and girls.

8 January

 

We’ve come a long way, baby.

Remember this photo of Dara holding my finger?

Well, look at us now.

 

Ya, I know. 12 days of Christmas and all that. Too bad. I’ll take down the tree when I want to take down the tree.

Pater with Daracha - 5 January

 

Actually, I took down the tree when I had time…which was over a course of about two weeks.

 

Kate sent us the sweetest dragon shoes from China…and they still fit the girls. Yay!

 

Grandma made the sweetest Christmas dresses…and swore she’d never do anything that fiddly again.

And, yes, they were made from a Butterick doll pattern.

All smiles, just for grandma.

Note: picture taken not at Christmas, but on 23 January.

 

“Wow. There’s a world beyond me,” says Daracha.

Daracha notices Freya for the first time. Seriously. This is the actual moment that Dara clocked there was someone else around.

Here's Dara reaching out to touch her sister.

And Freya? "Ah! Ah! She's on my side of the blanket. Tell her to stop touching me."