Twins or Triplets or more!

Amazing stuff hay, scary how similar the girls look except their colouring, hard to get your head around it.   

Just had weigh day at Plunket & both are doing well, Eli 6kg & Jacob 5.3kg @ 4months, their percentage difference in weight is getting smaller at least. Short babies though, hope they don't take after me when they grow up.

Just had a look back at their previous weights and at around 4months Hazel was 6.17kg and Esme was 5.69kg They were both 61cm length so it sounds like your boys are growing very similar to my girls

Yeah I have to admit I always compare my girls to other peoples singletons but its really not the same. Ours will always be slightly smaller than most. My sister has twin boys that are 2 years old but her boys were big for twins at birth they were 7pound and 7.5 pound So I was always freakin out that my girls were behind but really I think ours are doing pretty well for twins They're happy and healthy and thats the main thing.

Nope I was told they get worse as they get older but my girls were fine. I have to get DH to hold them down though cause I can't bring myself to watch I take a bottle with me so immediatly after the jab I pop it in their mouth and all is good. Esme was laughing away 5mins later so it can't be too bad

I didn't do their 6 week jabs untill they were 3 months old because I didn't want so many chemicals in such brand new little bods plus they were 3 weeks early so I had to take that into account. They are currently almost 8 months but just got their 5 month jabs. Must have been scary with Jacob Poor little guy.

Have you joined the multiple birth club?

Did you not do antinatal classes? My sister that has the twins said they do multiple birth antinatal classes in Ak which I though was quite cool. They only have them here very rarely if they have enough people so we missed out. I did a singleton class and still talk to a couple of the mothers and keep up with others on facebook.

I haven't joined the MBC yet but have been trying to get hold of them for the last couple of days so I can join a playgroup. I started going to singleton plunket groups when the girls were newborn but I got sick of people wanting to help me all the time assuming I had it really tough because I had 2 Its nice but can be frustrating. Have only just gained interested in joinging a group again. Would be nice to see some other Mommas with their twinnies. I met up with some of the CHCH mommas from this site for a coffee group just before xmas which was cool.

Bummer Floss Hope DH got lots of photos.

I have just discovered that my clever little monkey Esme has gotten her first tooth!!! Very exciting stuff! Its very little and sharp. Its weird how sharp it is, I guess it's so they can break through the skin. Its weird though she hasn't shown any signs of teething it just popped up out of nowhere. Whereas Hazel is getting grumpy and showing signs but no tooth yet.
Can't believe how excited I am over something so silly..... I think I need to get out of the house more lol!

What a shame about being sick Floss, I hope they had fun anyway.

Had MB antinatal classes but they were crap and the very few couples who attended lived so far away (north shore & west) that we don't keep in contact, luckily have a few friends with bubs though.

How exciting about getting her first tooth, gosh I'd be as excited as you - not silly at all.

Bex, I was involved in the fundraising campaign to get the right equiptment to do the laser surgery in Auck which should be up and running this year some time. It was on the front page of the latest Mercury Newsletter. We got a professional photographer at NICU who did heaps of lovely photos for the fundraiser which was nice to have.

I know what you mean about hospital visits, am over that place. Obviously ours wern't as prem so not as many tests required but had 5 hospital visits over 2 weeks last Dec which was a pain BUT all is fine & only have 1 more Pead general check up in Feb. Jacob had a hole in the heart which is now gone (very common in prems) plus a few random issues & Eli had a seisure at birth but again all is fine. I suppose you have regular check ups with Simon Rowly (spelling?) or do you go to someone out West?

I don't have any other kids but would love at least one more. I'm also thinking three years sounds like a good age gap. I told DH that once they can do up their own seatbelts we can try for another

I currently have no plans to go back to work. If it had been one baby I would be back now but with 2 it doesn't seem worth the costs of childcare and I love being home with my girls. I would however like to look at a teaching degree at some stage. Probably next year.

My sister that has the twins got a full time mon-fri nanny for her boys once they turned one. Shes great she does all the cooking and cleaning as well. But I think shes costing them around 48k a year

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Have two teething monkeys, have been teething for months but STILL NO TEETH!!! grr!!!

Good luck chic! Hopefully they aren't too far away

We were too cheap to buy the girls a paddling pool but it was stinking hot today so I got creative :)
The following is the girls having a 'swim' in one of DH's big plastic storage bins Also I'm taking these photos off my facebook page so hoping they're not too big


Hazel left Esme right


I love this shot! They so take after their Daddy here lol!

It was so cute Hazel was getting really upset because Esme kept splashing her

Im flying up to Auckland this afternoon with the twins and my 2 yr old! Im not too worried about how Jordan and Marshall will cope but it will be a challenge to entertain Levi for 2 hours and keep him in his seat. Will let you know how I go.

I do have help however on the plane cos they couldnt guarantee that I would be let on the plane with the three kids by myself. My mum is flying down from Auckland today and them flies straight back with me just to help me with them. I was wanting to put one of the twins in their carseat, another in the front pack and Levi with his reins, but I was told that they wont let me on the plane when boarding if it looks like I couldnt cope. It was completely up to the opinion of the flight crew at the time even though I would have paid for the 3 seats and booked on my luggage. I find it a bit patronising when you are a mum of multiples - you just have to cope - no option! Anybody else with a similar experience?