New Mamas - how are you adjusting?

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Hoping to find some support. I’m on week 2.5 of newborn twins and while I have the most incredibly supportive husband and family, I still feel myself struggling. My babies are CONSTANTLY nursing and we’ve had very, very little sleep since they’ve been home, and it’s taking a toll on me. Just want to know how everyone is adjusting. Any tips or advice on keeping your sanity?

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I didn’t breast food so I can’t even imagine!! But I feel like life didn’t get better until about 3 to 4 months. You’re almost there!!!

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Oh my goodness! I honestly don’t remember the first 6 months of our twins lives. I was in survival mode. Until just recently really. You just gotta hang in there. Try and have the babies do everything on schedule together. If one twin wakes up an hour after feeding wake the other and feed both. I was tandem nursing most of the time and pumping after feeds and supplementing after nursing. The most exhausting time frame of my life. Get help! As much as help as you can find. We lived off freezer meals for months after the babies were born. So glad I did some meals prepping before hand. Having twins is not for the faint of heart. There was some nights were we all just sat and cried.  Pure exhaustion. It does get easier. Or maybe we just simply adjust. I’m not sure yet. Mine are almost 2 and I just started showering regularly and wearing a little bit of makeup again. And I actually had time to paint my toe nails!! :::sigh::: one day at a time

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If you can, pump so your SO can help with some of the feedings. I'm not breastfeeding my twins (they never took to it and we couldn't figure out tandem feeding), but I am pumping and my husband loves being part of the feedings. And this helps so much at night. We either tag team it or take shifts. One of the things I wish I did with my first daughter (she was EBF), was that I gave her bottles at night instead of BF. It would have saved some time and allowed me to get a bit more sleep.

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