Corrections

Gina read my blog yesterday and informed me of a few corrections. Ahem.

Usually I edit my posts well enough for grammar, spelling, types, etc and then I have Gina double check them for accuracy (we all know how I like to embellish a good story– she keeps me in check). For obvious reasons, I didn’t run the post through my usual check and balances this time so here are a few corrections.

1. When writing about sleep, I shared that we get about 5-6 hours in a whole day including naps. Gina thinks this is actually a generous assessment (I was trying not to embellish!). Some days, often actually, we get 3-4… but occassionally we’ve been known to get 6 or 7 so I put in the average. Still, I think I shot high. BUT… we are SURE we’ll get more sleep in the future and again, we are working out how to give each other naps while the other is “on duty.”

2. When describing Calliope I wrote that her facial expressions are “commercial.” Oops! I meant, COMICAL! Her facial expressions are comical. She makes us laugh all the time. Ironically, my typo is comical as well.

3. Lastly, my post may seem like I think that I/we are  only ones to have a rough start or have the newborn phase be hard. Just for the record, after talking with so, so many moms… I am CRYSTAL clear that it’s tough on everyone… no matter if it’s one baby, two or three. Everyone has their hills: whether is colic, acid reflux, milk production, etc. I am just writing and sharing about mine as they arise (to document, to remember, because it’s cathartic, etc.).

At the end of the day, I know that while there are things that are hard for me/us, there is so much more that is right and good. For example, many twin moms have difficulty making enough milk to feed both their babies (heck, even moms of singletons have this issue)… I can’t imagine how devastating that would be. And (you’re gonna laugh at this), now that I’m on the other side of birth and in the world of feeding my girls, I would much rather have to have a painful pregnancy complete with nausea and pain walking, or even a C-Section than not make enough milk for my girls. I feel truly blessed that I’m a giant milk cow.

Besides all the other typos and such, that’s it for “the corrections.” 🙂

More soon… or later.

xo,
regina

P.S. UPDATE:

I saw my OB yesterday and looks like yeast is gone! Sore, red nipples are now just from nursing 20-24 times a day, from the drying products that were designed to kill yeast, and from Genevieve’s “poor latch” (she was ‘tongue tied’ but we had it (her frenulum) clipped today and when I nursed her after it was immediately better– she didn’t even feel a thing– I’m so glad we did it). So, I stopped with the topical products to kill the yeast,  I tandem nurse as much as possible to cut down on number of times I nurse a day, and her latch is 1000x better. Ladies and Gents– we are on the mend and see the light! I’m already feeling MUCH better and Genevieve seems happier, too, poor girl…she doesn’t have to work so hard to get what she needs. That sound you hear is me exhaling.