{the Glenn twins: 8 months}

8 months!

 

My boys are finally BOTH sitting up, hooray!  That’s such a game changer for being able to play, etc.  We are working on having them both hold their own bottles, whew! That’ll be nice when that happens consistently, they are doing better.  G and T are growing like weeds and eating us out of house and home.  SERIOUSLY, y’all.  Feeding two boys is going to be NUTS.    They are becoming very good eaters and have now tried sweet potatoes, broccoli, green beans, peas, bananas, oatmeal, applesauce, mashed potatoes, the list goes on. At first, Thomas wasn’t that interested in food, but he has slowly come around and will eat anything now. Graham will make himself gag on food if he doesn’t like it, it’s quite hilarious. 

 

Typical schedule:

 

WAKE: somewhere between 7 and 7:30…  even Graham is sleeping till then now, no more putting a paci in between 5:30-7…so proud of my little guy!

7:30: 6 oz

WAKE and PLAY

9: fruit/oatmeal

10:30: 6 oz.

NAP (typically 1.5-2 hours)

12:30:  fruit/veggie

1:00:  6 oz.

WAKE and PLAY

NAP  (typically 1.5/2 hours)

4:00/4:30: depending on how long nap is: 6 oz.

6:00/6:30: veggie and 3 oz.

8:00: BATH and 4 oz. and 

8:30: BED

 

In the BIGGEST news of all for this month, I nursed my baby boys for the VERY LAST time on Sunday March 1….the day they turned 8 months.   Man oh man…why do us mamas have to question this decision so much and worry about it?!  SO MANY emotions, but ultimately I decided it was time to be done.   On one hand, I’m super proud of myself for breastfeeding twins for 8 months, on the other…I know I could have gone longer and put more effort into pumping/keeping my supply up if I had truly tried.  BUT, you know what…I was over it, and I always told myself when I got to that point I would stop.  Although they both had to have formula in the hospital, I would say they got 95% breast milk the first three months of their lives…. Probably 80% breast milk in month 4…..75% breast milk in month 5 and then 50% breast milk in month 6.  (Those boys eat a lot!  And I only produce so much!)  Months 7 and 8 I began to wean…I went from pumping or nursing 6 times a day to 4 to 2 and then the last week I just did it once per day.  It was at the point where even if I did nurse them we would have to give them a bottle too because I wasn’t producing enough.   But, goodness gracious…the emotions and thoughts that come along with this decision….should I have pumped more and tried to keep my supply up?  ….stayed on fenugreek longer?  ….the list goes on.  But, ultimately, I felt the time was good…even though I was sad because this will be the last time I breastfeed ever, how weird?!  So, I’m sad the journey is over, but proud that we did it for as long as we did.  

 

Now, on to some cute pictures of my favorite boys!