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In other news, I just have to say that I had no idea that having twins was going to be so ridiculously difficult. My husband and I actually thought they were so easy in the beginning. They always slept when we wanted them to. They weren’t fussy that often and didn’t throw temper tantrums. It was like having 2 really well behaved children that just did what little babies were supposed to do. HA! The gig is up! The game is over! Now, it’s for real and we are slowly losing our minds. I never imagined that all 3 of my children would be super active and not at all interested in sleeping. I did not imagine what life would be like when the twins were walking at the same time. I had no clue that they were going to start throwing tantrums, fussing, getting jealous of each other, not sleeping, and just being plain old irritable AT THE SAME TIME. Yeah . . . it sucks!

It also sucks that my SISTER has two sleepy children . . . children that sleep completely through the night and for long lengths of time. It’s so irritating. haha! Seriously, though, my oldest nephew will come to you at about 7:30 in the evening and tell you he’s tired and ASK if he can go to bed. COME ON!!!!!!!!! Then . . . I’m on the phone with her the other evening and she’s putting my youngest nephew down for the night. It’s about 7:00. She changes his diaper, gives him some kisses, turns on a turtle light and bear something or other and says, “Good night. Sweet dreams. I love you. See you in the morning.” I ask her, “What are you doing?” She answers, “Oh, I just put Timothy down for bed.” I ask, “THAT’S IT??!!!??” “Uh huh.” Seriously . . . .that’s it. That’s all she does. And he doesn’t wake up until the morning. I can’t believe it!!! I rock, I sing, I walk, I feed, I change, I rock, I snuggle, I cuddle, I drive and drive and drive. I’ve tried music, lights, no lights, nightlights. TV, no TV. Noise, no noise. Crying it out? The twins egg each other on. Going to bed early? They wake up in the middle of the night. Going to bed late? They also wake up in the middle of the night. Long nap? No good. Short nap? Also no good. Oatmeal? No difference. I swear, our lives are all about getting 3 temperamental little girls to GO TO SLEEP. And what’s the score? Girls 3, Mom and Dad ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As in, ZERO sleep.

On that note, I’m going to TRY to go to bed. I have a huge day tomorrow.

-shawna K