I wanted to share how the girls were doing at their two month checkup. They are increasing well on weights and if born through singleton pregnancy, would probably all be about 8 pounds.

• Harper: 9 pounds 3 oz & 21″
• Emerie: 7 pounds 10 oz & 19.75″
• Reagan: 8 pounds 13 oz & 20.5″

All have extremely surpassed their birth weights and are growing great.

We planned our day around the appointment, figuring 2 month shots were going to equal some pretty fussy babies for the remainder of the day. Craig went and picked up baby Tylenol and we gave the girls a little before we left. The doctor’s office heat was turned up too far in the exam room, meaning the girls drifted off to sleep in only their diapers as we chatted with the doctor.

In fact, Harper was so content that she went right to sleep and stayed that way until it was time for her shots.

Reagan showed off her head lifting skills and thoroughly impressed the doctor. She tried rolling over as well but doesn’t quite have that figured out at this age.

Emerie watched everything from Dad’s lap with her binky. The nurse was a pro and gave them three shots really quickly, which I found impressive. The girls cried and then we bottle fed them and snuggled until they adjusted. Shots are no fun; I’m not sure if it’s worse for the babies or the parents.

The rest of the day resulted in lots of baby snuggles, with Emerie the fussiest and wanting to constantly be held. A second dose of baby Tylenol helped them sleep for the night and by the time I’m writing this, they seem to be fine and their usual happy selves. We are definitely scheduling all future shots at the end of the workweek, both for our sanity and because triplet appointments take a lot longer!

2 months down, the girls are doing great, and we are excited to see the upcoming baby milestones like reactionary smiling (instead of just gas), better and reciprocating eye contact, and stronger neck muscles!

Today marks two months old for the girls. It’s been a trying day, with Emerie pretty fussy and staying awake! We dressed the girls in matching outfits for a quick photo op that Emerie did not appreciate but Reagan and Harper didn’t seem to mind. And the rest of the day was spent at home, with a visit from cousin Tyler and Aunt Janelle, so we were able to get a few things done around the house and fold some laundry while they visited. The girls are almost asleep, so we are off to bed (nap?) before the next feed.

Since we are a pumping and bottle family, evening prep is key. We had this little grey craft caddy laying around in the house and put it to use! In the evening we do two major things to help use survive the night.

1. All of the bottles are washed and sanitized if needed, and set to dry after the 8/9pm feeding.

2. We then prep enough bottles to get through the night and the first morning feeding. We leave the bottles semi-disassembled so they can keep drying. Once they are used we move them over to the other side of the caddy.

The rest of our bottles are left to dry through the night which will get us through the afternoon.

Rinse and repeat!

Today I had a trial run spending the afternoon alone with the girls and doing feedings solo. Craig ran errands and had a lunch date and I attempted to see how survivable my future two months will be. As it turns out, not surprisingly, I pretty much accomplished nothing other than changing, feeding, and soothing the girls and pumping in between.

They just seem to know when Dad leaves the house, because at least one always wakes up. The first feeding took me almost 2 hours, with propping Harper (who ate like a champ), partially propping Reagan, and feeding Emerie in my lap. That two hours took a bit longer because I picked out some cute outfits, and put these fantastic leg warmers I ordered on Etsy awhile back on each of them. I now know that while Harper weighs the most, Reagan has the biggest thighs!

All the girls seemed to like the warmers, and they kept those little legs nice and cozy.

During the feed I also put them on the play mat for the first time to try to entertain them while I fed their sisters. Reagan loved it, and Emerie seemed pretty enthusiastic as well. Harper, on the other hand, was not really impressed, although she didn’t cry.

All in all, solo feeding the trips is going to be quite a daunting task multiple times a day once Craig is back at work, but survivable. I will definitely need to do bottle prep and have snacks and water readily available in the nursery, since I barely left the room the whole afternoon. But it’ll be good bonding time with the girls and they will get faster on feeds as they get older. Baby steps.

Most of our day is consumed with preparing for the next feeding, with a few minute mainline some coffee and eat the food in our fridge not questioning how old it is… hahaha Just kidding, Becca and I have a good schedule down and we are able to get in a brunch and dinner normally.

Today we picked out new flooring for our main level, it should be installed in the next couple of weeks. Becca picked out a new desk for her work and we both managed to get a little work done. Becca took on the evening feeding alone while I folded laundry, washed the dishes and bottles, and made dinner.