date: Tue 02 Sep 2025 09:11:34 PM PDT
subj: twins rolling over parents leave ending
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My twins are now four months old. Over the past few weeks we've
been trying to do tummy time with our twins. My daughter really
couldn't participate because she has had stomach issues since we
brought her home. Her issue was reflux. The pediatrician said as
her digestive system develops her reflux  should get better, in
the mean time give her some medicine. Twice a day we've given
our daughter medicine similar to Tums, but she would still have
reflux. The reflux really kept her from laying flat on her back.
It really didn't matter if we gave her medicine or not, she
would eventually have an issue where her formula would come out
of her nose and she couldn't breath. So we were always watching
her. At one point we've gotten so sleep deprived we forget to
give her a dose of medicine. We said to each other, "is it even
working? Lets just not give her any more medicine." 

We had a Pediatrician visit (vaccines) 4 month checkup. A short
discussion about reflux our plan is no more medicine. After a
day of fuss from vaccines, the babes seem to be back to their
old selves, well except our daughter. Her reflux doesn't seem to
be happening and she knows it. She is much happier, showing more
smiles, koos, and some laughter. Before she would get excited
then reflux would appear and she would get scared because she
couldn't breath during the reflux episode. She seemed pretty
cautious relegating her activities to the minimum. I would see
her quietly observing, and when she could be active she would
kick her feet as fast as she could, like a little runner, until
the reflux appears, then we would help her clear her nose of
formula, she would be exhausted from the event, and back to
quietly observing the world around her. Not any more, for now
reflux seems gone. :) Maybe I can actually sleep in the same bed
as my wife again!  

She can now do tummy time, and lay flat on her back. A few days
later she is on her back and attempting to swing her arm out and
push with her foot. She is trying to roll over! I assist her,
and she is on her tummy and not crying after fifteen seconds
like before. I roller her back over and she has a huge smile on
her face. :) Its like a game to her. I tell her do it again roll
over. Coincidently she smiles at me, and attempts to roll over
again! We do this about thirty times all the while she is next
to her brother.

Another day passes and we are back on the floor everyone is
happy, as I look down my son seems to have picked up the
technique from his sister. He is arching his back, and pushing
with his foot as he reaches for the toys hanging on his play
area. Such fun to see them progress. I assist him with a roll
over. He has learned to put his arms near his chest, so when he
winds up on his tummy he is ready to lift is head and push with
his arms. He has a grin as he looks around. 

At four months the babes have entered a new phase of fuss.
Sure they are happier, but sometimes only when they are being
held. My son is very loud and a lot of the day he needs to be
held or he is going to continue to cry out. In the mornings he
is fine. In the mid morning if he is tired oh no, he must be
held or he is going to cry and cry, and it seems our daughter is
heading there too although not as much. When my wife and I hold
them or put them in the baby back pack, they have so much to
say. Koos aahs an entire conversation in a dialect I can't
understand but I love to listen and talk back with them. 

Our twins are making progress. For awhile we were worried. We
were told by the medical professionals we wouldn't see them
progress on time. I think maybe the medical professions didn't
give them a chance, specifically when they said these things
before they were even born. For us we see our children as they
are, and enjoy watching them change as they become little people
more each day. Their pace is the pace that matters, not the
fastest baby at the one-hundredth percentile. We'll be happy at
our babes for what they do and who they are. :) 

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All this new fun and my leave from work has ended. Its difficult
to go back to work when I just want to be with my wife and kids.
In America unless you are rich, its difficult to raise your
children. Single income homes with children don't seem possible
in the Seattle area, and I can't imagine its any easier in other
areas. Our country doesn't want the birth rate to fall, but
cooperate America has created an economy where raising a family
isn't a value America holds anymore. We will get little time
with our children after our work day, we'll have to make the
most of family life on the weekends. We have to work to support
our children and ourselves, just like the rest of the people. I
don't know how people do it, but I finding out, nothing short of
hard work and dedication. 

Bed time for me. 

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