The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
Worst. Diaper. Ever.
2008-04-29 03:29:00 The poop filled her diaper. It overflowed up and down her pants. I removed the diaper - a pull up, of course - and she stepped in it, thus taking out her socks. She sat on my lap, getting my pants. Her shirt got stuck to her back, and it got ... More About: Diaper
Back Surgery Update
2008-04-29 03:02:00 Brian has made it home and is doing fine. Today was his first visit with the local rehab facility which agreed that he was being handled very conservatively by the hospital rehab and that he can be pushed a little more; he spent most of the afternoon asleep after said pushing. He will ... More About: Surgery , Update , Back
One Small Step for Potty?
2008-04-28 04:00:00 F peed in the potty today. She tugged at her diaper and announced “poo poo”, sat on the potty while her father read “Once Upon a Potty” to her several times, and peed! More About: Small , Step
What Can I Say, the Boy Has Taste
2008-04-27 19:08:00 This morning J took this godawful CD that sings these dreadful songs and inserts F’s name everywhere via multi-track editing out of the stereo and replaced it with a Duke Ellington CD. More About: Taste
Sheep and Wool Festival
2008-04-26 22:07:00 We went to a sheep and wool festival today where the kids pet sheep and even a bunny. We didn’t touch the alpacas because they were making that cooing noise that means “unhappy alpaca.” I resisted the urge to buy more wool and am trying to figure out when I can find time ... More About: Photos , Festival , Sheep , Months
Totally Glamorous Moments in Motherhood
2008-04-25 23:18:00 When your son runs over to you in order to wipe his snotty nose on your pants. More About: Motherhood , Moments , Glamorous , Months
Cobb School Online Auction
2008-04-25 21:41:00 The kids’ school is having an online auction (and if you look closely at the items up for bid you’ll notice a photo shoot by yours truly is one of the available items). So, you know, go check it out and bid on stuff. More About: Auction , School , Online , Cobb , Montessori
Update on Brian, Me and the Kids
2008-04-23 20:17:00 Brian had his post-operative check up today and is doing well. They plan to send him home on Friday. He is walking well, can climb stairs and has had his pain medication reduced. He will go be going back to the doctor’s office next Tuesday for another post-operative check-up. Thank you everyone who ... More About: Kids , The Kids , Update , Brian
The Naturopathy Dance
2008-04-22 00:09:00 It’s funny how resistant people are to the idea I’m using naturopathy to diagnose and treat F’s issues. More than one person has shared that muscle resistance testing is obviously just the placebo effect, which is, I think, their nice way of saying “laden with quackery.” I would note that F obviously has food sensitivities. ... More About: Dance
Testing. Testing. 1, 2, 3? testing.
2008-04-21 04:20:00 Tonight while playing in the bath F took it into her wee head to pour water out of the bath onto the floor. Because I am a mean, narrow-minded thinking-inside-the-box kind of person that was not OK with me. Bath water stays in the bath tub. I know. I know. I’m ... More About: Photos , Testing , Months
Painting
2008-04-20 04:49:00 Last year’s painting adventure. Do you think her technique has improved? More About: Photos , Painting , Months
Overwhelmed
2008-04-20 03:52:00 Right now I have a husband in rehab on major medication and I have to spend 3 hours every day in the car in order to see him. Meanwhile I have made major life sacrifices to be a stay at home parent and now I hardly ever see my children. Both of ... More About: Overwhelmed
Life in Rehab (Back Surgery Update)
2008-04-18 23:17:00 Brian is doing very well. He got to take a shower yesterday; it was the first one in a week so he was pretty happy about that. He has a funky toy to put his socks on, a back brace that looks like a corset and a nifty grabber. I’m planning on ... More About: Life , Rehab , Surgery , Update , Back
Brian Moved to Rehab
2008-04-17 02:45:00 Brian has been moved to rehab. He is at the Van Munching Rehab ilitation Center at Stamford Hospital. It is still 90 minutes away. Sigh. He has a follow up appointment with the surgeon on the 22nd and I hope they’ll send him home then. This driving thing is not the ... More About: Brian
Photo Contest Winner and New Round
2008-04-17 02:43:00 Kerry is the photo contest winner this round! Tell me what email address you would like your gift certificate sent to and I’ll get that right off. Sally was a very close runner-up. Honorable Mentions go to My Wife and Twins and Mama Geek. If you haven’t yet go check our their ... More About: Contest , Photo , Winner , Photo Contest , Round
I?m a Food Sensitivity Follower
2008-04-17 02:20:00 F has been a real over-achiever in the diaper rash area. I don’t want to brag here but my kid can manifest a diaper rash simply on contact. Some kids need to sit in their own waste for a while but mine gets right on it and rashes herself right up. Throw ... More About: Food , Months , Follower
What Makes This Hard
2008-04-15 18:31:00 The kids need me. They love playing with Grammy but they don’t understand what is going on. Their father disappeared. Their mother takes off for long hours at a time. When I come home they both, but especially F, cling to me. She wants to nurse non-stop and be held and ... More About: Hard
The Lines Are Coming Out! (Back Surgery Update)
2008-04-15 17:14:00 Things that have come out… regular IV arterial line IV drainage catheter in back epidural catheter in back foley catheter in bladder oxygen candela in nose sequential compression devices on legs PCA line (on demand morphine) monitoring electrodes All that is left is a hep-lock. He’s been moved to oxycontin which is a long acting oral narcotic. He is likely moving to a ... More About: Surgery , Update , Back , Lines
Major Sign You Are REALLY Not Athletic
2008-04-15 17:06:00 Your 21-month-old son tosses a ball underhand to you after confirming that you are not capable of catching his overhand fast-ball. Yes. My toddler is more athletic than I am. Already. More About: Sign , Major , Months , Athletic
What We Look Like Now
2008-04-14 19:15:00 It’s a lousy shot but I’ve been trying to get some quick snapshots each day to bring to Brian in the hospital. More About: Photos , Months
Today (Back Surgery Update)
2008-04-14 03:19:00 Me (Each hour from 6AM to 9PM is represented by 10 words.) Sleep sleep sleep sleep sleep. Kids are up. Nurse. Change diapers. Clean poop off floor. Get kids dressed. Breakfast. Laundry. Make homemade muffins. Nurse. Owie. Rescue remedy. Nurse. Nurse. Laundry. Share garden ... More About: Today , Surgery , Update , Back
One Day Later - Back Surgery Update
2008-04-13 03:29:00 Today Brian managed to stand up, sit upright in a chair for over an hour and take a few steps with a walker. He is rating his resting pain as a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. Of course, he is on so much morphine he can’t focus his eyes. ... More About: Surgery , Update , Back
More Tales of Twin Love
2008-04-11 19:20:00 My mother has the kids all day today while I am at the hospital. On the way up to nap J apparently slipped on the steps and started to cry. When they got up to the bedroom F pointed to the Rescue Remedy (a homeopathic calming thingy) and said “Owie! Owie! Owie!” to ... More About: Love , Tales , Twin , Months
Crazy Twin Comments
2008-04-11 19:10:00 I’ve added some comments I got via email and reopened the crazy twin comments page for a while. Share the wacky things people say to you about your kids. More About: Comments , Crazy , Twin
Surgery Update 12:15 EDT
2008-04-11 18:20:00 12:15 EDT Brian is in surgery. They are putting the screws into his spine and in the words of the nurse his “is doing very very well.” I will update more as I have more information. More About: Surgery , Update
?I did it!?
2008-04-11 01:56:00 F is speaking in sentences now. Today she said, “I see a ball” and “I did it.” Her vocabulary is just exploding and her understandable words now include zipper, circle, hat, cow, kitty, Mama, Daddy, pop (as in “Pop goes the weasel”) and I can’t even be sure how many more. More About: Months
Normal Day with Twin Toddlers at 21 Months
2008-04-09 15:34:00 7:00 Get up from 7:00 - 8:00: - nurse - eat breakfast - get changed and dressed - get into car 8:00: Drive to school from 8:15 - 11:45: School 11:45: Drive home from school from 12:00 - 1:00: - Take off shoes and coats and put them in the closet ... More About: Twin , Months , Toddlers , Normal
Bits of Randomness
2008-04-08 15:28:00 F is getting very talky. Last night she said “circle”. Most of the time I can’t understand her but when she repeats words back to me or context makes it obvious I realize that she is talking English with a very heavy baby accent but English nonetheless. One poop forward and two poops back ... More About: Randomness , Months , Bits
Things I Never Thought I Would Say - Part 6
2008-04-06 17:38:00 Eat the broccoli you have and then you can have some more. More About: Thought , Part , Things , Months
Father and Daughter at Sunset
More articles from this author:2008-04-05 03:18:00 (Last vacation picture, I promise.) More About: Photos , Sunset , Father , Daughter , Months 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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