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Originally Posted by spindles
alternatively, let people come if they bring you food to eat, but most friends/family won't want to stay. Nothing better than getting food out of your freezer that somebody else cooked.
Two pieces of advice
- forget all the chores you used to do as a couple - some of that tidying up can wait.
- get as much sleep as you can - when they are sleeping - the first few weeks are hell with only one child, two together may not be double hell but it has got to be worse.
Congratulations and remember they will sleep through the night......one day  |
The problem is that you can't be a traffic controller, saying 'mom, you can visit 2-3, grandma, 3-4, etc'...instead you run the risk of 6 people coming over!! (it happened right after my self-imposed embargo). Getting over major surgery, nursing two infants and trying to get to know them, then having relatives come over, food or no, was simple overwhelming( have to get dressed for those people too, ya know!)
The first couple of weeks weren't total hell-it helped that the spouse was home during that time.
I do remember though, our first night home as a family, my daughter decided to have a crying fit all night..
ALL night. Finally, in desperation at about 8am, I mixed breast milk with warm water, she drank it, farted, pooped and fell asleep.(Don't know why I did that, just seemed to be what to do) At 8:30 my mom rang the phone.."So!!! How was your first night home!?" She's so lucky death wishes don't really work
