month one with m&m.

Our sweet twinners turned one month old this week!

The first month the twins basically slept 95% of the time. 

They had their first bath around 2.5 weeks old when both their cords finally fell off.  Meg loved it, Mila was a little unsure.  For their first bath they both fit in the Puj tub in the sink.  They already are too big to both fit now :(

Meg & Mila are definitely fraternal and easy to tell apart.  We think Meg looks like Kate and Mila looks like Ella.  Meg has a pinker skin tone and has super long skinny limbs, and fluffy sandy blonde hair.  Her eyes are bluish grey.  Mila has a more olive skin tone, a little more filled out, and has more brown hair.  Her eyes are a deep blue.  We just think they are the cutest little things we've ever seen.

The girls gained lots of weight this month - Meg gained about one pound and Mila gained about 1.5 pounds.  At one point they were only 4 lbs each! Most of the girls' dolls were bigger than the babies.  Even though they are still way tiny, they seem to big to us now.

Nursing started off a little hard, although it was pain free (which was SUCH a huge blessing since my others were terribly painful) since they were preemies latching was difficult.  Meg had an especially difficult time latching since she had grown accustomed to bottles in the NICU.  Thankfully I just stuck with it and kept trying and she eventually got used to it.

Feedings for the first month were every three hours on the dot: nurse, supplement with bottles, and then I would pump.  It was usually about an hour process, so we'd only get 2 hour stretches of sleep at night. (Yes, we!  Steve is my late night feeding partner in crime.) It was all worth it to have these babies grow! 

We finally got pretty good at tandem nursing which was a goal of mine, although I still love nursing them one on one sometimes too.

Meg is more chill, fusses less, and goes down to nap/sleep easy.  Mila is a little more of a cuddler and wants to nap on me.  She also requires lots more milk too since she's bigger.

We've started to brave the great outdoors more lately and have gone to the mall, to the splash pad, the park, & even a couple restaurants.  

The girls are in that ultra-sweet newborn stage where they are just starting to make small amounts of eye contact, giving sleepy smiles, & are happy to just cuddle all day.  They really only fuss while waking up, and a few times in the car.

The girls swam in their preemie clothes and diapers until just recently they've started to fit a little better.  Having such tiny babies is new for me but so fun and cute.  They only have about 3 outfits that fit right now so we are doing laundry often!

My mom has come while Steve is at work and has been a true lifesaver.  She helps me keep up with the house, feed and entertain the older girls so I haven't had to miss out on a single baby snuggle.  Such a gift I will never be able to repay!  

The girls have loved welcoming the babies into our family and have been such great help!  The older two can feed bottles, and hold/talk to a baby while I am attending to the other. Ella has been a little more clingy, which I fully expected.  She loves those babies but it's hard being a big sister sometimes - especially to two new sisters!

Overall it's been a month of dreams.  Everything I was so scared of about having twins seems SO silly now.  It's truly been double the cuddles, double the sweetness, and double the love.  (And yes, double the lack of sleep!).  Knowing these are my last babies has been such a great reminder to be as present as possible and enjoy every second.  We absolutely adore these baby girls and can't imagine life without them!