Everyone is home now!

It hasn't quite sunk in yet, but we now have 4 kids at home. Matthew was discharged from the hospital Friday afternoon, but Amanda still wasn't quite ready to come home. The nurses and pediatrician informed us the only thing lacking for her to go home was to go 24 hours eating on her own.

We were given a room at the hospital for the four of us. The room was probably about 9 ft. by 7 ft. with a twin bed, a hide-a-bed whose mattress was narrower than my shoulders, a hospital bed-side table, and a small chair. We also had to fit two hospital bassinets in there too. With the hide-a-bed extended you practically couldn't see the floor!

Amanda needed to be fed every 3 hours, and she needed to eat 40 cc each time in less than 30 minutes. We moved our things and our twins into our closed after their 3:00 pm feeding. Amanda had finished all of her feedings since 9:00 that morning, so all we had to do was make it through one night. If you have ever slept with a newborn in your room you know how light a sleeper you become. Every little noise they make wakes you up. We didn't sleep much Friday night. On top of that every 3 hours we had to get up to feed both Amanda and Matthew. They both required quite a bit of encouragement still. We were determined, however, that we would be bringing Amanda home so we did everything we could to get her to finish her feedings. It came down to the wire on some of them but she did it.

We are so happy to have the twins home. We aren't getting much sleep now, but it is worth it to have the twins home.