The twins are now 5.5 months old. Recent milestones include sleeping through the night (until after 4:30am twice in a row). They also have been chewing on some carrots and some cucumber and yesterday they tried and hated sweet potato.
This weekend, Andy and I went on a walk, outside, after everyone went to bed (my Aunt stayed in the house - we didn't leave our kids alone). We spend 20 minutes outside the house, on our own. I haven't been out for an evening walk in ages, partially because the end of pregnancy was so rough that I couldn't do much walking then either.
Here are some things that indicate we are slowly leaving twin baby survival mode
- We are packing lunches for Isaac 3 days a week. He likes a packed lunch and I like packing lunches. We gave this up in December when the twins were 5 weeks old, and switched Isaac to school lunches. It's nice to pack lunches again.
- I am making hummus again! This weekend I made it from soaked (not canned) chickpeas. I've started adding cumin and it's super yummy. It was a big deal to me when I stopped making hummus.
- I am going to start buying powdered laundry detergent again. I have been using eco friendly laundry pods which get delivered to our house because the thought of measuring a scoop of laundry detergent was too much, but now I think I can use a measuring cup again.
- Our meal plan doesn't always include chicken nuggets or dinners entirely pulled from the freezer and baked on a try. It does often include fish fingers (fish sticks) one night a week... but fish fingers are delicious.
- I cooked a meal! I made Nudja Gnochi Tray bake. I bought all the ingredients and cooked it and it was so delicious.
- When cooking said meal, I chopped garlic. In February I bought a jar of Lazy Garlic since in no way was I capable of chopping garlic. Now, I can chop garlic again.
So here is hoping we continue to emerge from survival mode. Also, the sun came out yesterday for the first time in 6 months (possible exaggeration). So maybe the weather will exit survival mode as well?
Woohoo, it sounds like you are getting into more of a routine, which is great! Or should I say, back into more of a routine!? I am sure it feels good to do the things you took for granted before, like taking a walk, or making hummus!
ReplyDeleteI think it is funny that both twins hated sweet potato, like are they always going to love/hate the same thing or was that just a coincidence!? I am sure it is the latter but it still makes me giggle; it is almost as if they are one entity at this point.
Thank you! I did realise I'm not sure who didn't like sweet potato... I feel like I'll probably need to pay attention to which baby likes which food at some point since they are different babies. I know it's probably bad to treat them as one entity! I think the main problem with sweet potato was its mushyness... they couldn't really grab it very well. I bet they will both like it once we start spoon feeding.
DeleteYay! Tiny steps make all the difference, don't they?
ReplyDeleteYou know what I've done? Stopped using garlic altogether! It's been life-altering.
I read your post on this but forgot to comment! I personally LOVE garlic. I would eat a whole bulb of roast garlic if allowed. I've *never* said "that's soo much garlic!" in anything. So the idea of leaivng out garlic makes me sad. However, the idea of other people leaving out garlic if they don't *love* it makes me happy - so more power to you! :-)
DeleteThree cheers for tiny steps. They add up quickly!! I can't believe the twins are almost 6 months. I still remember when you made the blog announcement it was twins and I was FLOORED. How wonderful their aging aligns with the nicer switch in seasons! Warm air, sunshine (eventually, right?)...
ReplyDeleteLike NGS, I don't use garlic at all anymore. It hurts my stomach and I don't miss it in recipes!
I love garlic and have never tasted anything I considered too garlic-y... even roasted garlic. Once I had garlic ice cream which was weird, but not gross.
DeleteI realised that I sort of just threw the twin announcement into the blog at some point. I tried to find my own post on it and it took a while. i didnt want the twin thing to dominate the blog... but also it turns out twins do dominate life so of course that would start dominating blog. But I'm excited for some non twin bloggin soon too :-)
What a happy post! Hooray for returning to bits of pre-twin normalcy!
ReplyDeleteYES to getting some time alone with Andy! It's a baby step but it's a huge one! And yay to being able to do the little things like make hummus (note to self: cumin) and chip garlic again!
ReplyDeleteThese are huge steps! I remember that after Althea was born we didn't eat a vegetable that hadn't been previously frozen for about 6 months! This time around we have a CSA so we've had to eat fresh vegetables. But we've gone so far as to make salads! Which take more calories to make and eat then you get from them, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteooh salads! We have boought some bags of salad from little sainsburys if that counts? Lots of food is better over here than in the US but salad is definitely better in Portland than in south wales!
DeleteOh I'd love a US v UK food blog post! I still giggle about the shock here that cake is not eaten at a British bday party but sent home, wrapped in a napkin and slightly squashed! It's a classic childhood tradition for us Brits! 🤣
DeleteOh that's a great idea! I will definitely be crafting that post soon. And I'll have to cover the curiosity of the Hokey Pokey being called the Hokey Cokie over here too!
DeleteLooking forward to it!
DeleteHooray for emerging from survival mode and all these accomplishments! I like how you measure this by the extra steps you feel capable of taking in daily tasks. That really captures it, how it feels to have lost those abilities how you don't quite realize what it was to lose them until you regain them again and feel more yourself and capable. There is hope! -rachel
ReplyDeleteI know! Baby time is *crazy* and it's great to notice the little things that get easier because in general... it's still not that easy. If I was waiting for easy I would have wait a long time.
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