This year

Since the girls were born in February, this is our year:

Bek has done 2296 double breastfeeds (that's over 4500 feeds altogether)

We have changed 6720 nappies

We have washed 2625 cloth nappies, and spent over $1000 on disposable nappies before the girls fit into cloth

We have done 140 loads of baby clothes washing

We have rocked babies to sleep about 2800 times

We have had around 1435 hours of broken sleep (the average person has 2394 hours in 10 months)

We have moved house once (our 6th move)

We have been to the hospital 4 times (birth, surgeries, reflux, bronchialitis)

And we have had infinity cuddles and kisses and laughs and smiles from two amazing little girls

New blog

I have a related blog, breastfeeding twins, I've just started, if you've stumbled across this blog and are interested in breastfeeding your own twins. It's just a collection of my experiences with breastfeeding the girls so far: http://twinbreastfeeding.blogspot.com/

How to… breastfeed two babies

1. Set up pillows on large lounge


2. Have changed babies lying down on either side of pillows


3. Sit down and place feeding pillow on lap


4. Lean over and lift up one baby and position onto pillow


5. Wedge baby onto pillow and hope she doesn’t learn to roll today


6. Lean over and lift up second baby and position onto pillow


7. Take deep breath


8. Latch on first baby


9. Latch on second baby


10. First baby needs burping, lift onto shoulder but don’t move too much or second baby will detach


11. Place first baby back down and reattach, then lift up second baby for burp
    Repeat


12. Someone comes to the door, detach both babies, place on either side of lounge, remove pillow, get up, answer door. OR ignore door and phone because it’s not worth it


13. When finished, place nappy cloths onto shoulders, then lift up both babies onto either shoulder and burp, OR remove babies, remove pillow, then lift babies onto lap to sit and burp, crossing arms over to hold each baby under the chin


14. Ungainly get up, place both babies on lounge, re-change dirty nappies, wipe vomit off shirt, place babies on play mat on floor.


15. 2 hours later, repeat.