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mazes me that all of my teeny tiny preemie babies are meeting their milestones at the same time and even before their sister who was born full term norah said nananana to my mom the other day and kk when she was crawling toward kate and is trying to add byebye to her wave she is also using the sign for more norah is just the happiest baby she used to be so fussy and ill tempered when she was younger but now she is all playfulness and smiles she loves her blankies she walks around the house with a blankie in tow and will fight anyone who tries to take it the others give up pretty easily now she doesn t take a binky so her blanket is her comfort if she walks in the room and sees a blanket she will waddle over and faceplant gracefully in it it is hilarious jane started crawling at 10 months and now at 13 months she is standing on her own and thinking about taking some steps today she was crawling with her legs fully extended and hands on the floor i wish i could have caught it in a picture i believe she is trying out this walking thing one step at a time she ll be walking around the house within a week i would guess jane is ornery if you have a toy she wants she will take it if you are in her way she will plow over you she is kinda a bully but such jolly bully she has no idea she is being a stinker and i spend a lot of time redirecting her boundless energy when jane is sleepy she whines until you cuddle her she has a pretty convincing pouty face it s hard to say no and she wakes up grumpy crying in her crib with swollen eyes because she sleeps on her face with her butt in the air kate loves playing with jane in her crib because she can rough house with her she throws jane around pretty good and they both laugh and laugh i have a feeling the two of them will pal around lots in the future ellie is experimenting with cruising around things she starting crawling at 11 months and now at 13 months she pulls herself to stand and can squat down to pick something up while holding on and come back up she has taken a few steps while holding on to the couch and is mastering shifting her weight from one foot to the other she has rediscovered the shriek much to my chagrin when she s mad or bored or wants my attention she lets loose a brain melting scream it s awesome please catch my sarcasm ellie is our social butterfly she lights up when people come in and interact with her she has an easy smile and likes to play with people s faces throwing everything is her new favorite game there is just something about ellie she has a quieter spirit than her sisters so sweet and endearing but she voices her opinions too she doesn t like to be messed with or be messy and she is very particular i love seeing all of their different personalities emerge it is fascinating everett is awesome i love having a son he is a tank around 2 lbs bigger than his sisters and just made differently he just starting crawling at 12 months and pulled himself up to stand this week its so cute he and ellie have been fighting sleep this week so they can stand and talk to each other i m not gonna lie it s super cute in the morning all 4 of them stand up and entertain one another it s the best way to wake up well other than not waking up until 10 am but who does that everett also learned to clap this week he beat ellie on that one i love watching him brim with pride as he masters something new he likes to talk and he loves to interact with his sisters but every once and a while i find him off in a room by himself enjoying some rett time i think he gets tired of fighting over toys and being crawled on and just needs to escape still no teeth for him but i think he is finally working on the bottom two kate is so cool the girl is just so imaginative and creative and intelligent and funny she wows me everyday with her vocabulary and ease of communication she tells us stories about her husband ladd when she marries him they will live at his house and sleep in big bed together and i can come and visit but not at bedtime because they will be putting the babies to bed of course i m also allowed to come to her wedding seriously kate always has something to say and it s usually hilarious or infuriating there are rough moments like constant whining and crying when she doesn t get her way but we are in a good stretch right now we re figuring each other out slowly which is funny since we are essentially the same person my sister gave me a good book if i have to tell you one more time by amy mccready that suggested that matt and i each carve out at least 10 minutes to give kate our undivided attention i call my time mommy minutes and matt calls his daddy dates we ve only been doing it for a little over a week and i have really noticed a difference in her behavior that coupled with some of the paradigm shifting thoughts in loving our kids on purpose by danny silk have really helped me navigate the threes i recommend the beginning of both books i am slowly starting to feel like i can handle this life god has given me i ve always enjoyed it but i had to have constant help to keep the ship afloat now the kids are all old enough that i can handle them alone without a major panic attack it s not easy but it is very doable the house on the other hand that needs jennifer to stay afloat and i thank god everyday for her i am lucky that i get to have my good friend come over and hang out with me and help me raise my kids and clean my house i do have one prayer request i need some discipline getting up in the morning i need to spend time meditating on scripture and praying and getting my spirit ready for the day but i struggle to get out of my bed and do it on a regular basis it s not that i feel like i have to do it to meet some religious standard i need it my soul breathes deeply in the presence of god and i need that to remember there is more to life than dirty diapers time outs and disney music it helps me to feel like more than a mommy don t get me wrong i love being a mother but i don t want to loose the other parts of me along the way will you pray with me that my desire for intimacy with god would win out over more sleep or surfing on facebook is there a way i could be praying for you please let me know i d love to thanks for reading about our beautiful life today i wore earrings all day november 7 2014 november 7 2014 crysnh220 1 comment it s the little things right today was a good day i woke up and got fully dressed including jewelry i am sitting in my recliner 14 hours later in the same getup and it is in tact my earrings were not ripped from my ears not that jane didn t try i probably have a snot glaze on my shoulders but other than that i don t look destroyed my house is clean and i accomplished more than the bare minimum today i rejoice the past few weeks have been hard my kids have been sick and i have felt like a zombie the babies are all mobile and into everything they crawl all over me and each other and they ve started to fight which is cute and challenging at the same time kate is smart strong willed and three and she doesn t nap anymore officially plus my freakin awesome nanny has had her own injured and sick family so she hasn t been here for two weeks we miss her tons keeping everyone alive and my house in order means no down time for mom or dad it s not been fun but i ve realized a few things 1 quad moms who do this thing with no help are rock stars seriously i know a lot of my quad mommy friends who run their houses solo they deserve medals and a three week all inclusive vacation 2 i have a great husband he has helped me so much around the house and made sure i had little moments to myself so i didn t go crazy i am lucky 3 with god s help i can do this by myself don t get me wrong i don t want to but it is empowering to know that i can take care of my 5 kids on my own for extended periods of time there were only a few hiccups jane eating a bug norah and jane playing in a toilet that kate didn t flush while everett and ellie play with the toilet brush and jane almost eating poop after she stuck her hand right in a diaper i was changing can you tell which baby gets into the most mischief but what doesn t kill them makes them stronger right 4 friends are important and sisters are invaluable small moments stolen laughing and venting to my friends have lifted my heavy spirit and my sister brought me sushi and ensured me a wasn t a failure as a mother plus she gave me a great parenting book that i actually had time to read today being a mom is hard sometimes but i am beyond thankful that god trusts me enough to give me such a grand assignment and that he gave me a day to feel on top of things i got our laundry toy room organized and it looks great the babies and kate played and played in there this evening life is good even when it s hard 12 must haves for this quad momma october 30 2014 crysnh220 leave a comment with the first year behind us i ve had some time to reflect not on deep matters mind you but on those seemingly small things that have helped make life with 4 babies a little easier to me our life is just normal but i know that some of you especially my fellow quad mommas who have yet to deliver might enjoy a little glimpse into the daily grind around here so here s my list of must haves for the first year with quadruplets 1 dishwasher and bottle baskets i m not even sure i need to explain this one i desperately needed a dishwasher with one baby using a bottle when the babies were teeny they ate 8 times a day which was actually 9 bottles per baby since we split one feed into two bottles to ensure they got their vitamins and had some pear juice to help with constipation that s 36 bottles people everyday not to mention that each bottle has 5 different parts to wash thus the need for those handy baskets they hold all those little parts in place so nothing is melted we re down to 20 bottles now and i still want to kiss my dishwasher everyday 2 mini fridge we hardly have room for food in our regular refrigerator so i knew we would need a separate one for bottles we keep it in the nursery so the bottles were handy for those middle of the night feeds which we don t have anymore plus i don t have to worry about keeping my refrigerator sparkling clean to avoid contaminating the bottles 3 mini crock pot our babies learned to eat in the nicu where they warm up every bottle so once we got ahold of them they were accustomed to warm bottles we needed a quick way to warm 4 bottles at once the mini crock pot was perfect it warmed all 4 bottles in 3 4 minutes we would throw them in before we changed everybody s diaper and by the time we finished bottles were ready to go the small size kept the bottles from tipping over in the water and it was always hot and ready pro tip always leave the lid on otherwise the water isn t hot enough to warm quickly 4 pampered chef mix and stir pitcher the big one we have always made a full day s worth of bottles at once so i needed a way to mix a lot of formula at once i figured out the amount of powder and water i needed to make the 24 calorie formula they drink and pull the handle up and down to stir it all up in a jiffy i mix it up and pour it into the bottles we re done okay so i may be simplifying a bit norah has a milk soy allergy like her sister kate so she s on separate formula i have a small mix and stir for her formula these pitchers get rid of clumps of formula powder and make it easy to make large batches 5 pampered chef measure all cup i am a bit of a pampered chef junkie i love their products but this one takes the cake for me with the babies when the babies were little i was giving them very specific amounts of formula which translates into some crazy measurements of water and formula powder to make their higher calorie bottles i use 1 2 c 1 3 c 2 tsps for norah s formula power and 2 1 2 c and 5 scoops for the other babies and if i have to change up the schedule and make more or less it s pretty mind bending this measuring cup has every increment you can imagine all in one place it helps me keep it simple i actually write out the directions for my batches of formula by this instrument 3 full pampered chef cups plus 4 more ounces i also use their regular measuring cups spoons to scoop out formula but any measuring cups spoons would do the job for that 6 bibs burp cloths i never used burp cloths with my first child but we used them with every feed with the quads preemie babies have a much harder time mastering the suck swallow breath process to learn to drink a bottle there was always formula running out the sides of their mouths while they ate burp cloths or bibs kept our legs where we had to lay the babies so they could eat laying on their sides to reduce choking and the babies necks dry those problems learning to eat coupled with reflux also resulted in numerous other uses for those little pieces of fabric catching and cleaning up projectile vomit or just as a spit up guard we had a big bag full of them and it was emptied every other day 7 a hoard of syringes most preemie babies have trouble with reflux all four of ours do and one of my daughters at one point had to take medicine 5 times a day to keep hers under control right now with 4 sick babies i use 9 syringes just for their 7 30 meds and that is one of the 5 times a day i have to give them meds i ask for syringes every time i pick up medicine at the pharmacy and when ellie was in the hospital i was shameless about collecting all of the syringes they were going to throw away a bad syringe means a gagging baby since i have to push to hard to get the thing to move and shoot the entire dose down their throat at once i need a stock pile so we always have good ones on hand 8 storage of all shapes and sizes we have 4x everything diapers clothes bottles toys my house would be a total mess all the time if there wasn t a place for everything i am not an organizer by nature but thankfully some of my friends and family have helped me get things in order now i save anything that looks like it may come in handy for storing things and i fill them up quickly i love plastic storage bins for clothes stackable plastic file bins for toys and baskets for blankets and various odds and ends find what works for you and buy in bulk 9 baby swings we have survived with just three of these working at one time all different kinds that were donated to us we currently use two and have 3 others in the basement that bit the dust at some point this past year everyday i have a child sleeping in a swing at some point and mine are a year old the biggest is only 18 pounds with 4 babies you need a way to separate the one s who are having a hard time sleeping because of sickness or teething or learning to roll over or stand up and subsequently refusing to stop practicing that new skill in their bed all 4 of the babies sleep well in the beds but each of them needs a little swing tlc sometimes 10 video 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