2, 5, 8, 11, 2, 5, 8, 11

We live life in 3 hour chunks of time. Our clocks are set for nursing the babes every 3 hours. Because they were born a few weeks early we need to stick to a rigid schedule and make sure they wake to feed at least every 3 hours. We are supposed to keep this schedule until they are 1 month past their DUE DATE. Their due date is March 12th (yes, I'd still be pregnant!!!), so we can't allow them to sleep any longer at night until the middle of April. Yikes!
Calin & Teagan nurse at 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm, 2am, 5am....repeat. Right now each nursing session takes about 45min-1hour if I'm alone and can be cut down to 35min with someone to help change and burp.

This is a typical day:

7am-Ethan, Nick and I all wake up. Nick gets ready for work and leaves within 45min. Ethan and I get dressed, eat breakfast and get ready for the day before Calin & Teagan wake up.

8am- Wake, change first baby's diaper, nurse that baby, burp. Baby #1 sits in chair while I wake, change, feed and burp Baby#2. Nick is already at work and Ethan is watching an educational TV program until I'm done and he's out the door for preschool.

9am- Done nursing. Entertain babes, pick up the house if possible...or maybe even shower!

11am-Wake, change diaper, nurse Baby#1, burp. Repeat with Baby#2. I'm still nursing them separately because they both require a lot of attention at the boob to stay awake and get to business.

12noon- Done nursing. Ethan is back from preschool and I'm making lunch for us.

1pm-Get Ethan ready for a nap or "rest time." Then hurry back downstairs to get ready for next feeding.

2pm- Wake, change, feed and burp...x2.

3pm- Ethan gets up and we have play time.

5pm- Wake, change, feed and burp....x2.

6pm- Pop a frozen meal into the oven and have dinner.

7pm-Get everyone ready for bed- bath, books, bed.

8pm-Wake, change, feed and burp...x2.

9pm-Hope the twins are tired in order to get a nap in before the 11pm feeding.

Then Wake, change, feed burp x2 again at 11pm, 2am, 5am....and the day starts over again at 8am.

Usually they are fussy, grunty and spitty throughout the night, which allows us to average about 4 hours of sleep each night. That doesn't mean 4 hours straight! We get 4 "naps" in 1 to 1 1/2 hour blocks. On a fabulous, but rare, night we'll get closer to 5-6 hours of naps.

Going on our 4th week of 4 hours of sleep each night is leaving me feeling a little foggy and spacey. In fact, I went to renew my driver's licence and barely passed the vision test, even with squinting heavily. Either my glasses need an updated prescription or I'm so tired my vision is blurry. Luckily, I only had to read the top line of the chart and she gave me a passing grade. No sense in getting my eyes checked until I'm getting more sleep. :)